Table 1.

City Location and Population for Each Practice Site and Number of Subjects Eligible for Recruitment

Office CityCity PopulationUrban/Rural Continuum Code*Providers (n)Eligible Subjects, Male/Female (n)Total Subjects for Recruitment (n)IRB
Alcester, SD88033252/298550U of I
Algona, IA5,7417123342/33386680U of I
Clinton, IA27,7724174012/43218333U of I
Corning, IA1,78395296/425721Own
Dubuque, IA57,68635252/285537U of I
Elk Point, SD1,71433403/389792U of I
Grinnell, IA9,1057165/175240U of I
Guttenberg, IA1,98786920/10201940U of I
Iowa Falls, IA5,19361132/142274U of I
Le Mars, IA9,237611923/10151938U of I
Manchester, IA5,2576101883/18803763U of I
Muscatine, IA22,697410577/7021279U of I
Sioux Center, IA6,0026132314/22714585U of I
Sioux City, IA85,0133281950/19113861U of I
Spencer, IA11,3177154014/41188132Own
West Burlington, IA3,1615105870/652012390Own
  • * 2003 rural-urban continuum codes: 1 = counties in metro areas of 1 million population or more; 2 = counties in metro areas of 250,000 to 1 million population; 3 = counties in metro areas of fewer than 250,000 population; 4 = urban population of 20,000 or more, adjacent to a metro area; 5 = urban population of 20,000 or more, not adjacent to a metro area; 6 = urban population of 2500 to 19,999, adjacent to a metro area; 7 = urban population of 2500 to 19,999, not adjacent to a metro area; 8 = completely rural or less than 2500 urban population, adjacent to a metro area; 9 = completely rural or less than 2500 urban population, not adjacent to a metro area.

  • IRB, institutional review board.