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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the sample

From: A theory-based online health behaviour intervention for new university students (U@Uni): results from a randomised controlled trial

Variable

Control

Intervention

 

% or mean

SD

N

% or mean

SD

N

Demographic

      

Nationality

      

 UK

75.74

-

537

74.46

-

548

 Non UK

24.26

-

172

25.54

-

188

Ethnicity

      

 White British

67.42

-

476

65.98

-

483

 White other

5.95

-

42

6.97

-

51

 Mixed

3.97

-

28

2.46

-

18

 Asian and Asian British

8.64

-

61

8.61

-

63

 Black and Black British

2.27

-

16

2.46

-

18

 Chinese

10.48

-

74

12.16

-

89

 Other

1.27

-

9

1.37

-

10

Gender

      

 Female

55.15

-

391

61.55

-

453

 Male

44.85

-

318

38.45

-

283

Age

19.04

2.91

709

18.76

1.99

736

Fruit and vegetable intake

      

 Mean portions

6.36

4.96

669

6.67

5.17

701

Physical activity

      

 METS

3402.37

5101.72

688

3140.11

3861.42

709

 Mean hours sitting

344.36

179.09

609

336.17

171.42

641

Alcohol consumption

      

 Mean total units in last 7 days

11.88

18.54

708

11.17

18.72

736

 Mean number of days binge drinking in last 7 days (drinkers only)

1.00

1.04

447

1.04

1.14

425

 Mean alcohol objective (FAEE)

2.07

2.02

54

2.08

2.56

54

Smoking

      

 Has smoked

37.24

-

264

37.23

-

274

 Has never smoked

62.76

-

445

62.77

-

462

 Current smokers

11.99

-

85

11.28

-

83

 Not a current smoker

88.01

-

624

88.72

-

653

 Cigarettes smoked per week

3.19

14.12

496

1.88

10.95

483

 Smoking objective (cotinine)

.48

.49

54

.45

.42

54

 Smoking objective (nicotine)

7.19

18.67

54

9.49

19.16

54

Other outcomes

      

EQ-5D-3L

      

 Mean health index scores from EQ-5D-3L (VAS)

.90

.14

708

.91

.14

735

 Mean health index score from EQ-5D-3L (TTO)

.92

.13

708

.92

.14

735

 Mean EQ-5D-3L visual analogue scale

78.21

13.61

706

78.11

15.85

730

Recreational drugs

      

 Have taken recreational drugs (SSC measure)1

18.73

± 9.54

132

16.49

± 9.56

121

 Have not taken recreational drugs (SSC measure)

81.27

 

575

83.51

 

613

 Have taken recreational drugs (biochemical measure)

39.53

-

17

45.71

-

16

 Have not taken recreational drugs (biochemical measure)

60.47

-

26

54.29

-

19

BMI

      

 Mean BMI self-report

22.06

3.71

662

22.24

3.81

695

 Mean BMI objective

22.28

3.85

54

22.06

3.88

54

Social cognition variables

      

 Fruit & veg

      

  Self-efficacy

5.71

1.48

703

5.80

1.36

733

  Perceived control

5.51

1.47

703

5.53

1.45

733

  Intention

5.24

1.47

703

5.39

1.45

733

 Physical activity

      

  Self-efficacy

5.97

1.37

707

6.03

1.31

734

  Perceived control

5.66

1.46

707

5.58

1.46

734

  Intention

5.87

1.36

707

5.86

1.37

734

 Binge drinking

      

  Self-efficacy

5.48

2.15

705

5.38

2.20

732

  Perceived control

5.94

1.55

705

6.05

1.43

732

  Intention

3.20

1.96

705

3.12

1.99

732

 Smoking

      

  Self-efficacy

4.94

2.48

706

4.90

2.51

733

  Perceived control

6.39

1.45

706

6.51

1.27

733

  Intention

1.56

1.41

706

1.52

1.30

733

  1. 1Includes confidence interval. Notes. METS = metabolic equivalent of task, FAEE = fatty acid ethyl esters, VAS = visual analogue scale technique, TTO = time trade-off technique, SSC = single count method, BMI = body mass index.