Table 1.
Patient and partner baseline characteristics
| Patients (n=536) |
Partners of patients (n=438) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All (n=536) | ARN (n=387) | NRN (n=149) | p Value* | ARN (n=318) | NRN (n=120) | p Value† | |
| Sex | |||||||
| Male | 308 (57) | 236 (61) | 72 (48) | 0.008 | 121 (38) | 56 (47) | 0.101 |
| Female | 228 (43) | 151 (39) | 77 (52) | 197 (62) | 64 (53) | ||
| Age (years): mean±SE | 60.8±0.5 | 62.1±0.6 | 57.6±1.1 | <0.001 | 62.0±0.6 | 56.8±1.2 | <0.001 |
| SIMD quintile | |||||||
| 1 (most deprived) | 41 (8) | 31 (8) | 10 (7) | 0.979 | 26 (9) | 9 (8) | 0.425 |
| 2 | 76 (14) | 56 (15) | 20 (14) | 40 (13) | 9 (8) | ||
| 3 | 91 (17) | 65 (17) | 26 (18) | 48 (16) | 25 (22) | ||
| 4 | 131 (25) | 93 (25) | 38 (26) | 78 (26) | 28 (24) | ||
| 5 (least deprived) | 186 (35) | 134 (35) | 52 (36) | 113 (37) | 44 (38) | ||
| Highest level of education | |||||||
| School completed | 282 (53) | 208 (54) | 74 (50) | 0.578 | 171 (54) | 51 (43) | 0.092 |
| College/university | 197 (37) | 137 (35) | 60 (40) | 120 (38) | 55 (46) | ||
| Postgraduation degree completed | 57 (11) | 42 (11) | 15 (10) | 26 (8) | 14 (12) | ||
| Employment status | |||||||
| Self-employed/paid employment | 231 (43) | 153 (40) | 78 (52) | 0.010 | 128 (41) | 71 (59) | 0.001 |
| Not employed | 14 (3) | 11 (3) | 3 (2) | 3 (1) | 5 (4) | ||
| Retired from paid work | 252 (47) | 196 (51) | 56 (38) | 154 (49) | 38 (32) | ||
| Looking after family-home | 22 (4) | 12 (3) | 10 (7) | 24 (8) | 4 (3) | ||
| Long-term sick or disabled | 15 (3) | 13 (3) | 2 (1) | 7 (2) | 2 (2) | ||
| Household income | |||||||
| Under £20 000 | 138 (30) | 108 (32) | 30 (25) | 0.040 | 85 (31) | 29 (28) | 0.002 |
| £20 000–29 999 | 99 (21) | 79 (23) | 20 (17) | 71 (26) | 12 (12) | ||
| £30 000–39 000 | 60 (13) | 46 (13) | 14 (12) | 43 (16) | 13 (13) | ||
| £40 000–49 000 | 61 (13) | 42 (12) | 19 (16) | 25 (9) | 13 (13) | ||
| £50 000 and above | 104 (23) | 66 (19) | 38 (31) | 53 (19) | 37 (36) | ||
| Physical activity (MET-min/week) | 4152 (1997, 7668) | 4381 (2157, 7338) | 0.801 | 4250 (1980, 8406) | 4134 (1964, 8178) | 0.917 | |
| Risk behaviour | |||||||
| <5 measures/day of fruit and vegetables | 93 (27) | 70 (28) | 23 (25) | 0.493 | 62 (29) | 20 (27) | 0.764 |
| <3 measures/day of bread and consume white bread only | 75 (15) | 54 (15) | 21 (15) | 0.989 | 49 (16) | 12 (10) | 0.126 |
| >4 (men) and >3 (women) units/day of alcohol | 88 (20) | 67 (22) | 21 (17) | 0.267 | 36 (14) | 26 (28) | 0.002 |
| Current smoker | 54 (11) | 36 (10) | 18 (13) | 0.320 | 36 (12) | 19 (17) | 0.169 |
| Low physical activity level | 203 (50) | 159 (54) | 44 (40) | 0.009 | 135 (53) | 40 (41) | 0.050 |
| Obese (BMI ≥30 kg/m2) | 92 (21) | 70 (23) | 22 (18) | 0.355 | 44 (19) | 25 (26) | 0.205 |
| Risk behaviour score group | |||||||
| 1 or less | 154 (48) | 102 (45) | 52 (58) | 0.026 | 88 (45) | 31 (44) | 0.930 |
| 2 or more | 164 (52) | 127 (55) | 37 (42) | 108 (55) | 39 (56) | ||
Bold font represents p values of ≤0.05. Italic font are p>0.05.
*p Values for difference between patients.
†p Values for difference between partners.
ARN, abnormal result notification; BMI, body mass index; MET, metabolic equivalent of task; NRN, normal result notification and SIMD, Scottish Index Multiple Deprivation.