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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the participants

From: Effectiveness of a new multi-component smoking cessation service package for patients with hypertension and diabetes in northern Thailand: a randomized controlled trial (ESCAPE study)

Baseline characteristics

Intervention Arm (160)

 

Control Arm (159)

 

P

Social and demographic information

n

%

N

%

 

 Age, Median (IQR)

64 (56–72)

 

64(55–73)

 

ns>

 Gender

    

ns+

  Female

46

28.93

46

28.75

 

Clinical information

    

ns+

 Hypertension

115

72.33

105

47.73

 

 Diabetes

25

15.72

35

21.88

 

 Both

15

9.43

17

10.63

 

Tobacco exposure

    

ns*

 Age started smoking (years, Median (IQR))

16 (13–20)

 

18 (15–18)

 

ns>

 Duration of smoking (years, Median (IQR))

47 (47–56)

 

45 (45–55)

 

ns*

 Pack-year Median (IQR)

10.31(6.15–17.13)

 

8.55 (5.85–13.75)

 

ns*

 Fagerstrom score, Median (IQR)

2(1–3)

 

1(0–3)

 

ns*

 Exhaled CO in ppm, Median (IQR)

8.5 (3–12)

 

6 (3–12)

 

ns*

Types of smoking

    

ns

 Cigarette

18

11.25

16

10.06

 

 Cheroots

4

2.50

3

1.89

 

 Hand-rolled

137

85.63

134

84.28

 

Other factors related to smoking cessation

 Motivation to stop smoking, Median (IQR)

4 (3–5)

 

3 (3–5)

 

ns>

 Family support at entry, Median (IQR)

42 (35–43)

 

40(35–43)

 

ns>

 Five-itemed health literacy assessment, Median (IQR)

19 (17–20)

 

19(16–20)

 

ns>

  1. Note: 5 participants in intervention arm and 2 participants in control arm are known diagnosis of hypertension but with normal blood pressure at the time of recruitment and follow up
  2. *Multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA): IQR interquartile range: +chi-squared test: >Wilcoxon signed-rank test: ns P > 0.05 and statistically not significant