Table 1.
Baseline characteristics by randomised arm
| Randomised (N = 674) | Analysed (N = 409) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests Now (N = 340) | Waiting List (N = 334) | Tests Now (N = 194) | Waiting List (N = 215) | |||||
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |
| Age (mean) | 53.5 | 10.9 | 53.4 | 10.9 | 54.4 | 10.5 | 53.6 | 10.5 |
| (range) | 35‐82 | 35‐82 | 36‐82 | 35‐80 | ||||
| Number cigarettes smoked per day | 15.9 | 8.8 | 16.2 | 9.9 | 15.7 | 8.8 | 15.6 | 9.5 |
| Age started smoking regularly | 16.4 | 4.7 | 17.4 | 6.2 | 16.8 | 5.5 | 17.4 | 6.2 |
| Height, cm | 168.9 | 10.2 | 169.0 | 9.9 | 169.2 | 10.3 | 168.8 | 10.2 |
| Weight, kg | 76.8 | 17.4 | 73.7 | 15.9 | 77.2 | 18.2 | 73.5 | 15.5 |
| BMI | 26.8 | 5.1 | 25.7 | 4.7 | 26.8 | 4.8 | 25.8 | 5.0 |
| N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |
| Sex | ||||||||
| Female | 172 | 50.6 | 161 | 48.6 | 96 | 49.5 | 104 | 48.4 |
| Male | 168 | 49.4 | 170 | 51.4 | 98 | 50.5 | 111 | 51.6 |
| Highest level of educational qualification | ||||||||
| Left school at 16, with no qualifications | 155 | 47.1 | 143 | 43.7 | 96 | 50.8 | 88 | 41.7 |
| Left school at 16, with some qualifications | 101 | 30.7 | 110 | 33.6 | 51 | 27.0 | 77 | 36.5 |
| Left school at 18, with some qualifications | 32 | 9.7 | 30 | 9.2 | 18 | 9.5 | 18 | 8.5 |
| Higher education, eg, BSc and BA | 35 | 10.6 | 38 | 11.6 | 21 | 11.1 | 23 | 10.9 |
| Further higher education, eg, MSc and PhD | 6 | 1.8 | 6 | 1.8 | 3 | 1.6 | 5 | 2.4 |