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. 2012 Mar 8;14(2):e26. doi: 10.2196/jmir.1968

Table 2.

Differences in demographics, health status and lifestyle between non-completers and completers (N = 3053)

Variable Non-completer
n = 2167
Completers
n = 886
T (P) χ2 (P) ES
Age 41.85 (SD = 12.64) 47.21 (SD = 11.96) 11.07 (P < .001) 0.43
Gender
Male 1202 (55.5%) 450 (50.8%)
Female 965 (44.5%) 435 (49.2%) 6.58 (P = .037) 0.09
Education
Low 212 (9.8%) 120 (13.6%)
Medium 1007 (46.7%) 424 (48.0%)
High 938 (43.5%) 339 (38.4%) 13.35 (P = .010) 0.13
Income per month a
< € 1750 504 (23.3%) 221 (25.0%)
€ 1751 - € 3050 1040 (48.0%) 437 (49.5%)
> € 3051 621 (28.7%) 225 (25.5%) 4.46 (P = .347) 0.08
Employment situation
Job 1852 (85.6%) 686 (77.7%)
No job 311 (14.4%) 197 (22.3%) 33.34 (P < .001) 0.21
Relationship status
Single 557 (25.8%) 191 (21.8%)
In relationship 1602 (74.2%) 687 (78.2%) 8.56 (P = .014) 0.11
# persons in household 2.99 (SD = 1.45) 2.74 (SD = 1.25) -4.86 (P < .001) 0.18
Native country
The Netherlands 2075 (95.8%) 838 (94.7%)
Other 91 (4.2%) 46 (5.3%) 1.52 (P = .468) 0.05
BMI 25.00 (SD = 3.93) 25.54 (SD = 3.84) 3.47 (P = .001) 0.14
Quality of Life 40.19 (SD = 5.06) 39.39 (SD = 5.64) -3.64 (P < .001) 0.15
K10 44.71 (SD = 5.75) 44.41 (SD = 6.12) -1.27 (P = .203) 0.05
Adherence to guidelines 2.83 (SD = .96) 3.12 (SD = .88) 8.22 (P < .001) 0.31
Physical activity
Compliance 1698 (78.4%) 761 (86.0%)
Non-compliance 469 (21.6%) 124 (14.0%) 23.62 (P < .001) 0.18
Vegetable consumption
Compliance 501 (23.1%) 253 (28.6%)
Non-compliance 1666 (76.9%) 632 (71.4%) 10.43 (P = .005) 0.12
Fruit consumption
Compliance 801 (37.0%) 388 (43.8%)
Non-compliance 1366 (63.0%) 497 (56.2%) 13.14 (P = .001) 0.13
Alcohol intake
Compliance 1459 (67.3%) 632 (71.4%)
Non-compliance 708 (32.7%) 253 (28.6%) 5.32 (P = .070) 0.08
Smoking
Compliance 1671 (77.1%) 731 (82.5%)
Non-compliance 496 (22.9%) 154 (17.4%) 11.56 (P = .003) 0.12
Condition
Sequential 998 (46.1%) 537 (60.7%)
Simultaneous 1169 (53.9%) 348 (39.3%) 54.74 (P < .001) 0.27

a Note: Respondents who did not want to report their income were classified in the category “€ 1751 - € 3050”