Skip to main content

Table 1 Comparison between respondent and non-respondent to initial questionnaire in the two municipalities

From: Screening for type 2 diabetes in a high-risk population: study design and feasibility of a population-based randomized controlled trial

 

Capelle aan den IJssel

   

Dordrecht

   
 

Total

Responders

Non-responders

P-value*

Total

Responders

Non-responders

P-value*

 

N = 29,163

n = 7,779

n = 21,385

 

N = 49,979

N = 12,799

N = 37,180

 

Age at mailing, median, yrs†

53.6

55.1

52.9

0.000

54.1

55.9

53.5

0.000

Gender, male, %

47.9

45.9

48.6

0.000

49.6

46.5

50.7

0.000

Country of birth, %

        

Netherlands

82.9

88.3

80.9

0.000

84.0

89.9

81.9

0.000

Other

17.1

11.7

19.1

 

16.0

10.1

18.1

 

  Western country

6.6

4.7

7.2

 

6.3

4.8

6.8

 

  Non-Western country

10.6

7.0

11.8

 

9.7

5.3

11.2

 

Social Status, %

        

High

30.3

39.2

27.0

0.000

0.8

0.6

0.9

0.000

Middle high

5.1

3.8

5.6

 

43.1

51.3

40.3

 

Middle low

42.8

33.2

46.4

 

23.6

21.7

24.3

 

Low

21.8

23.8

21.0

 

32.5

26.4

34.6

 
  1. *Chi-square test for comparison of proportions and unpaired t-test for comparison of continuous variables between responders and non-responders.
  2. †Age at mailing of study material.