Table 4 Baseline characteristics: baseline smokers who remained in the study vs. those who dropped out
Remained | Dropped out | Difference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
A | B | A - B | p-value | |
Men (n = 7996) | ||||
Age (years, mean) | 54.7 | 54.4 | 0.2 | < 0.001 |
Married (%) | 88.3 | 81.0 | 7.4 | < 0.001 |
Graduated from high school or below (%) | 74.2 | 65.6 | 8.6 | < 0.001 |
Poor self-rated healtha (%) | 3.5 | 6.2 | −2.7 | < 0.001 |
Physical activity (%) | 19.1 | 20.7 | −1.6 | 0.082 |
Alcohol drinking (%) | 75.4 | 74.5 | 0.9 | 0.340 |
Heath check-up (%) | 77.7 | 70.3 | 7.3 | < 0.001 |
n | 4452 | 3544 | ||
Women (n = 2253) | ||||
Age (years, mean) | 54.4 | 54.4 | 0.0 | 0.913 |
Married (%) | 74.3 | 71.4 | 2.9 | 0.122 |
Graduated from high school or below (%) | 83.0 | 71.1 | 11.9 | < 0.001 |
Poor self-rated health (%) | 4.3 | 7.5 | −3.2 | 0.001 |
Physical activity (%) | 23.7 | 25.7 | −2.0 | 0.276 |
Alcohol drinking (%) | 46.4 | 47.5 | −1.1 | 0.602 |
Heath check-up (%) | 64.3 | 57.3 | 7.1 | < 0.001 |
n | 1194 | 1059 | ||