Table 1.
Socio-demographic data regarding trial participants at study entry
| TM group n = 230 |
Control group n = 104 |
P | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age, y [mean (SD)] | 75.96 (6.54) | 76.48 (6.16) | 0.95 |
| Male/Female [No of participants (%)] | 164/66 | 76/28 | 0.88 |
| BMI, kg/m2 [mean (SD)] | 26.55 (4.96) | 26.24 (4.91) | 0.59 |
| Smoking habit (No of participants) | 0.55 | ||
| • Current Smoker | 10 (4.35%) | 3 (2.88%) | |
| • Former Smoker | 153 (66.52%) | 64 (61.54%) | |
| • Non-Smoker | 65 (28.26%) | 36 (34.62%) | |
| • Packs/year [mean (SD)] | 42.35 (63.03) | 50.54 (90.50) | 0.60 |
| Education level [No of participants (%)] | 0.89 | ||
| • No formal schooling/Less than primary school | 20 (9.66%) | 10 (10.20%) | |
| • Primary school | 109 (52.66%) | 53 (54.08%) | |
| • Secondary school | 39 (18.84%) | 16 (16.33%) | |
| • High school | 28 (13.53%) | 12 (12.24%) | |
| • College/University | 10 (4.83%) | 7 (7.14%) | |
| • Post graduate degree | 1 (0.48%) | 0 (0.00%) | |
| Marital status [No of participants (%)] | 0.83 | ||
| • Never married | 6 (2.90%) | 3 (3.06%) | |
| • Currently married | 139 (67.15%) | 68 (69.39%) | |
| • Separated | 1 (0.48%) | 1 (1.02%) | |
| • Divorces | 2 (0.97%) | 1 (1.02%) | |
| • Widowed | 55 (26.57%) | 25 (25.51%) | |
| • Cohabitating | 4 (1.93%) | 0 (0.00%) | |
| Employment status [No of participants (%)] | 0.19 | ||
| • Government employee | 6 (2.90%) | 4 (4.08%) | |
| • Non-government employee | 10 (4.83%) | 7 (7.14%) | |
| • Self-employed | 9 (4.35%) | 7 (7.14%) | |
| • Non-paid | 0 (0.00%) | 0 (0.00%) | |
| • Student | 0 (0.00%) | 0 (0.00%) | |
| • Homemaker | 12 (5.80%) | 10 (10.20%) | |
| • Retired | 170 (82.13%) | 70 (71.43%) | |
| • Unemployed | 0 (0.00%) | 0 (0.00%) |
Data are presented as Numbers or Means (SD)
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