Table 1

Relationship of consent to store blood with consent for other aspects of the study*. Among 1,004 urban Indigenous Australian research participants in 2003–2005.

Proportion who gave consent for study staff to:
Agreed to long-term storage (n = 550) %
Did not agreed to long-term storage (n = 454) %
Total (n = 1,004) %

Contact family and friends to help find participant
96.6
85.5
91.5
Contact participant to discuss continuation of the study beyond five years
93.1
85.9
89.8
Access information from health care provider
92.9
84.6
89.1
Access information from local Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages and the National Death Index
94.6
81.5
88.6
Access information from pathology services
92.4
82.2
87.8
Access information from local Department of Health and Community Services
92.2
80.4
86.8
Contact participant to discuss other related studies
88.2
73.6
81.6
Access information from the sole local private hospital
85.3
69.6
78.2
Long-term storage of excess blood samples
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54.8

* p < 0.001 for all comparisons between those who did and did not consent.

Cunningham and Dunbar Epidemiologic Perspectives & Innovations 2007 4:7   doi:10.1186/1742-5573-4-7