Table 2.
Participant demographic characteristics by recruitment method
| Opportunistic recruitment (N = 73) | Systematic recruitment (N = 58) | |
|---|---|---|
| Gender (n (%)) |
|
|
| Male |
49 (67.1) |
39 (67.2) |
| Female |
24 (32.9) |
19 (32.8) |
| Age (mean (sd), n) |
59.5 (9.8), 61 |
60.4 (8.7), 56 |
| BMI (mean (sd), n) |
27.1 (5.3), 59 |
27.0 (4.8), 55 |
| Smoking status (n (%)) |
|
|
| No |
51 (83.6) |
50 (90.9) |
| Yes |
10 (16.4) |
5 (9.1) |
| Ethnicity (n (%)) |
|
|
| White |
57 (95.0) |
53 (94.6) |
| Other ethnicity |
3 (5.0) |
3 (5.4) |
| How many cars or vans are available for use by you and other people in your household? (n (%)) |
|
|
| 0 |
11 (18.0) |
6 (10.7) |
| 1 or more |
50 (82.0) |
50 (89.3) |
| Highest educational qualification (n (%)) |
|
|
| University degree or equivalent |
16 (26.7) |
19 (33.9) |
| No qualifications or qualifications below degree |
44 (73.3) |
37 (66.1) |
| I am currently trying to increase the amount of physical activity that I do (scale of 0 to 10; mean (sd), n) |
5.4 (2.7), 61 |
5.5 (2.8), 56 |
| Baseline pedometer readings over 7 daysa: mean number of steps (mean (sd), n) |
6704 (2821), 56 |
8310 (2532), 53 |
| EQ-5D index (mean (sd), n) | 0.75 (0.23), 60 | 0.87 (0.14), 56 |
aMean number of steps calculated as total number of steps recorded by pedometer divided by number of days (including only days with at least 1,000 steps recorded), for participants with at least 1,000 steps for 4 days or more out of 7 days. BMI, body mass index; EQ-5D, European Quality of Life-5 dimensions; sd, standard deviation.