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. 2000 Jul 1;321(7252):24–27. doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7252.24

Table 2.

Characteristics of participating and non-participating practices

Practice characteristics Active practices (n=31) Eligible, not participating (n=216) Wilcoxon rank sum test
No of partners:
 Median (interquartile range) 3 (2 to 6) 2 (1 to 3) z=4.4, P<0.0001
 Mean (SD) 3.8 (2.2) 2.2 (1.6)
Townsend score:
 Median (interquartile range) 1.8 (−0.9 to 4) 4.4 (1.0 to 6.3) z=−3.2, P<0.01
 Mean (SD) 1.5 (2.8) 3.8 (7.4)