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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of 750 study participants

From: Simultaneous evaluation of abstinence and relapse using a Markov chain model in smokers enrolled in a two-year randomized trial

Characteristic

Total (n = 750)

PM (n = 250)

MDM (n = 249)

HDM (n = 251)

Demographic

    

Age, mean (SD)

47.2 (13.1)

47.0 (13.4)

48.2 (12.4)

46.4 (13.5)

Female, counts (%)

439 (58.5)

144 (57.6)

144 (57.8)

151 (60.2)

Marital: Married/partners (vs. others), counts (%)

504 (67.2)

170 (68.0)

167 (67.1)

167 (66.5)

Education: High school or less, counts (%)

385 (51.3)

128 (51.2)

129 (51.8)

128 (51.0)

Annual income ≤ 40 K, counts (%)*

453 (61.4)

155 (63.0)

151 (61.9)

147 (59.3)

Child under 18 (vs. no), counts (%)

294 (39.2)

97 (38.8)

89 (35.7)

108 (43.0)

Child under 6 (vs. no), counts (%)

106 (14.1)

33 (13.2)

31 (12.5)

42 (16.7)

Smoking

    

Cigarettes smoked per day (CPD), mean (SD)

23.7 (10.4)

24.3 (11.0)

23.8 (10.3)

22.9 (10.0)

Nicotine dependence (time to first cigarette): within 5 minutes after waking up, counts (%)

285 (38.0)

93 (37.2)

103 (41.4)

89 (35.5)

Number of friends that smoked: < 3 friends (vs. ≥ 3 friends), counts (%)

289 (38.5)

99 (39.6)

95 (38.2)

95 (37.9)

Partner smoked? counts (%)

309 (41.2)

110 (44.0)

104 (41.7)

95 (37.9)

Other smokers at home? counts (%)

345 (46.0)

119 (47.6)

116 (46.6)

110 (43.8)

Home smoking rules

    

Not allowed, counts (%)

204 (27.2)

65 (26.0)

67 (26.9)

72 (28.7)

Allowed some place, counts (%)

205 (27.3)

70 (28.0)

73 (29.3)

62 (24.7)

No rules (reference)

    

Psychosocial

    

Motivation to quit score (MOT), mean (SD)

8.6 (2.1)

8.7 (2.0)

8.6 (2.1)

8.6 (2.0)

Confidence to quit score (CON), mean (SD)

6.1 (2.7)

5.9 (2.7)

6.1 (2.8)

6.3 (2.6)

Smoking Self-Efficacy total score, mean (SD)

32.9 (10.7)

31.7 (10.5)

33.4 (11.0)

33.6 (10.5)

Serious quit attempt (SQA), counts (%)

180 (24.0)

56 (22.4)

60 (24.1)

64 (25.5)

  1. * 12 participants did not respond.