Table 1.
Differences in characteristics of participants and GPs
| Included participants | Excluded participantsa | P-value | |
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| Patient characteristics | (n = 190) | (n = 17) | |
| Mean age, years (SD) | 56.0 (18.8) | 66.9 (15.8) | 0.02 |
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| Female sex, n (%) | 108 (56.8) | 12 (70.6) | 0.27 |
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| White ethnic group, n (%) | 182 (95.8) | 15 (88.2) | 0.16 |
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| Usual GP, Yes, n (%) | 150 (78.9) | 13 (86.7) | 0.48 |
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| Deprivation area of practice, n (%) | |||
| Deprived | 74 (38.9) | 7 (41.2) | |
| Moderate | 54 (28.5) | 5 (29.4) | 0.96 |
| Affluent | 62 (32.6) | 5 (29.4) | |
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| GP characteristics (n = 30) | |||
| Age >40 years, n (%) | 25 (83.3) | ||
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| Female sex, n (%) | 15 (50) | ||
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| White ethnic group, n (%) | 29 (96.7) | ||
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| Years worked at the GP practice, n (%) | |||
| <5 | 2 (6.7) | ||
| 5–14 | 8 (26.7) | ||
| 15–19 | 8 (26.7) | ||
| 20–24 | 3 (10) | ||
| 25–29 | 7 (23.2) | ||
| ≥30 | 2 (6.7) | ||
a
Demographic data missing for 22 out of 39 excluded patients.