Clinical Study

Conducting Molecular Epidemiological Research in the Age of HIPAA: A Multi-Institutional Case-Control Study of Breast Cancer in African-American and European-American Women

Table 1

Distribution of study participants by race, state, and case/control status as of June 2009. Numbers in tables vary, subject to status of double data entry of questionnaires and receipt and entry of pathology reports.

Cases ( )Controls ( )
African AmericanEuropean AmericanAfrican AmericanEuropean American

New York City339342356336
New Jersey28435093312
Total623692449648