Table 1.

 Personal and baseline variables by intervention allocation. Values are numbers (percentages) unless stated otherwise

Characteristics	Patient information leaflet	Brief advice	Brief lifestyle counselling	Total
Per cluster:	n=14	n=11	n=19	n=44
Median (interquartile range) No of patients	13.5 (2-32)	31 (3-34)	6 (1-47)	12 (1-47)
Median (interquartile range) age (years)	47.4 (36.0-60.8)	40.2 (31.7-53.6)	42.5 (32.0-67.7)	43.4 (31.7-67.7)
Median (interquartile range) % male	61.8 (0-100)	70.0 (33-75)	55.3 (33-100)	61.8 (0-100)
Median (interquartile range) AUDIT score	11.8 (8.3-16.1)	13.0 (9.4-15.5)	13.0 (8.5-24.0)	12.5 (8.3-24.0)
Patients:	n=251	n=251	n=254	n=756
Mean (SD) age (years)	n=251, 48.2 (17.0)	n=251, 40.4 (16.4)	n=253, 44.9 (14.8)	n=755, 44.5 (16.4)
Mean (SD) EQ-5D*	n=243, 0.78 (0.27)	n=247, 0.84 (0.24)	n=246, 0.81 (0.26)	n=736, 0.81 (0.26)
Mean (SD) AUDIT score	n=245, 12.3 (6.4)	n=245, 12.6 (5.9)	n=244, 13.1 (6.9)	n=734, 12.7 (6.4)
Men	163/251 (64.9)	155/251 (61.8)	152/254 (59.8)	470/756 (62.2)
White	215/251 (86)	239/251 (95)	238/253 (94)	697/755 (91.7)
Education after age 16	118/250 (47)	159/251 (63)	137/251 (55)	414/752 (55.1)
Degree or equivalent professional qualification	63/249 (25)	111/250 (44)	79/249 (32)	253/748 (33.8)
Single	60/251 (24)	98/250 (39)	69/252 (27 )	227/753 (30.1)
Smokers	83/251 (33)	93/251 (37)	82/253 (32)	258/755 (34.2)
Readiness to change:	n=250	n=248	n=247	n=745
Never think about drinking less	66 (26.4)	67 (27.0)	64 (25.9)	197 (26.4)
Sometimes think about drinking less	89 (35.6)	100 (40.3)	79 (32.0)	268 (36.0)
Have decided to drink less	26 (10.4)	34 (13.7)	36 (14.6)	96 (12.9)
Already trying to cut down	69 (27.6)	47 (19.0)	68 (27.5)	184 (24.7)

AUDIT=alcohol use disorders identification test.

*Measure of health utility.