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Table 2 Comparison of responders and non-responders to trial invite

From: Response bias to a randomised controlled trial of a lifestyle intervention in people at high risk of cardiovascular disease: a cross-sectional analysis

 

All invited n=8902a

Responded to invitation

n = 1489

Did not respond to invitation

n = 7413

Response rate (%)

Unadjusted OR for response to mailout

(95% CI)

Adjusted OR for response to mailout

(95% CI)

Test for trend

(p)

Age at invitation (years)

67.3 (5.7)

68.1 (5.1)

67.2 (5.8)

 

1.14 (1.08, 1.21)b

1.19 (1.12, 1.26)b

< 0.001

Age at invitation

 40-59 yrs

976 (11.0%)

124 (8.4%)

852 (11.6%)

12.7

   

 60-64 yrs

1462 (16.4%)

200 (13.5%)

1262 (17.0%)

13.7

   

 65-69 yrs

2989 (33.6%)

536 (36.0%)

2453 (33.1%)

17.9

   

 70-75 yrs

3475 (39.0%)

629 (42.2%)

2846 (38.4%)

18.1

   

Sex

 Female

1847 (20.7%)

291 (19.5%)

1556 (21.0%)

15.8

1.00

1.00

 

 Male

7055 (79.3%)

1198 (80.5%)

5857 (79.0%)

17.0

1.07 (0.93, 1.23)

1.25 (1.08, 1.45)

0.004

Ethnicity

< 0.001c

 White

6223 (69.9%)

1128 (75.8%)

5095 (68.7%)

18.1

1.00

1.00

 

 Black African or Caribbean

272 (3.1%)

34 (2.3%)

238 (3.2%)

12.5

0.74 (0.50, 1.07)

0.67 (0.45, 0.98)

0.040

 South Asian

578 (6.5%)

98 (6.6%)

480 (6.5%)

17.0

0.90 (0.70, 1.14)

1.08 (0.84, 1.38)

0.542

 Other Asian

240 (2.7%)

31 (2.1%)

209 (2.8%)

12.9

0.69 (0.47, 1.03)

0.69 (0.46, 1.02)

0.066

 Other/Mixed

147 (1.7%)

16 (1.1%)

131 (1.8%)

10.9

0.62 (0.36, 1.05)

0.61 (0.36, 1.04)

0.072

 Missing

1442 (16.2%)

182 (12.2%)

1260 (17.0%)

12.6

0.58 (0.48, 0.69)

0.55 (0.46, 0.66)

< 0.001

IMD 2010 quintile

< 0.001c

 1 (least deprived)

1407 (15.8%)

293 (19.7%)

1114 (15.0%)

20.8

1.00

1.00

 

 2

1531 (17.2%)

285 (19.1%)

1246 (16.8%)

18.6

0.86 (0.70, 1.04)

0.87 (0.72, 1.07)

0.190

 3

1616 (18.2%)

315 (21.2%)

1301 (17.6%)

19.5

0.80 (0.65, 0.98)

0.85 (0.69, 1.05)

0.139

 4

2725 (30.6%)

420 (28.2%)

2305 (31.1%)

15.4

0.64 (0.52, 0.79)

0.70 (0.56, 0.87)

0.001

 5 (most deprived)

1604 (18.0%)

171 (11.5%)

1433 (19.3%)

10.7

0.46 (0.23, 0.33)

0.52 (0.40, 0.68)

< 0.001

 Unknown

19 (0.2%)

5 (0.3%)

14 (0.2%)

26.3

   

QRisk2 score (%)

25.2 (5.0)

24.6 (4.5)

25.3 (5.1)

 

0.86 (0.81, 0.92)d

0.82 (0.77, 0.88)d

< 0.001

 20–24.9%

5357 (60.2%)

968 (65.0%)

4389 (59.2%)

18.1

   

 25–29.9%

2245 (25.2%)

347 (23.3%)

1898 (25.6%)

15.5

   

 > 30%

1300 (14.6%)

174 (11.7%)

1126 (15.2%)

13.4

   
  1. OR odds ratio, CI confidence intervals, IMD Index of Multiple Deprivation
  2. Data are presented as mean (SD) or n (%) unless otherwise stated
  3. aAll patients invited to participate in the trial from GP practice sites at which it was possible to extract anonymised data
  4. bOR per 5 year increase in age
  5. cChi square test for independence
  6. dOR per 5% increase in QRisk2 score