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. 2021 May 10;21:892. doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-10787-9

Table 2.

Variable breakdowns across conditions showing counts and percentages for categorical variables and mean and standard deviation for age; percentages are within treatment

Variables Control
N = 613
Simplified
N = 620
Simplified + visual aids
N = 612
χ2 (df) p
Continuous Mean / SD
Age 40.7 (17.12) 41.41 (17.44) 41.30 (17.04)
Categorical N / %
Male 323 (53%) 285 (46%) 301 (49%) 5.58 (2) 0.06
Smoker 324 (53%) 297 (48%) 332 (54%) 5.50 (2) 0.06
Living with Children 274 (45%) 267 (43%) 281 (46%) 1.02 (2) 0.60
Living Alone 94 (15%) 112 (18%) 97 (15%) 1.90 (2) 0.39
Living with someone over the age of 69 43 (7%) 47 (7%) 40 (7%) 0.52 (2) 0.77