The South Baltimore, Reservoir Hill, and Forest Park neighborhoods had 745 participants. As shown in Table 2, 79.2% of those participants are still active five years after study enrollment. However, 7.5% have been lost to follow-up. Almost as many, 7.4% are reported deceased by neighbors and relatives or confirmed by the National Death Index. As expected, some participants that have been contacted have declined continued participation or unable to participate (most times because of serious illness or confinement in a skilled nursing facility). This is classified as withdrawn, excluded, or dropped. There are participants who cannot be revisited at this time because they are presently involved with the criminal justice system.
