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Table 1 Proportion of women with different background characteristics among recruited and non-recruited women in blind and non-blind trial arms, EPHT Trial

From: Results from a blind and a non-blind randomised trial run in parallel: experience from the Estonian Postmenopausal Hormone Therapy (EPHT) Trial

Background characteristics

Blind (n = 2083)

Non-blind (n = 2087)

 

Recruited

(n = 777)

Non-

recruited (n = 1306)

p-value

Recruited

(n = 1001)

Non-recruited

(n = 1086)

p-value

Age > 64 yrs

5.5%

9.3%

0.002

6.8%

10.1%

0.008

University education

31.8%

29.5%

0.28

33.5%

25.1%

< 0.0001

Recruited in

the university

clinic

(living in Tartu

or Tartu

county)

33.3%

27.2%

0.003

29.8%

29.2%

0.77

Current smoker

15.2%

16.7%

0.39

14.7%

20.1%

0.002

> 10 yrs since menopause

28.6%

32.7%

0.06

27.9%

34.7%

0.001