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Table 1 Participant and source population characteristics at ECLS study enrolment

From: Determinants of motivation to quit in smokers screened for the early detection of lung cancer: a qualitative study

 

Interviewed (n = 31)

Source population (n = 376) (screened ECLS study participants completing follow-up questionnaires who smoked at enrolment)

n (%) [missing]

Median Range [missing]

n (%) [missing]

Median Range [missing]

Age (years)

 

58

51–74

[0]

 

59

50–75

[0]

Gender

 Man

15 (48.4)

 

198 (52.7)

 

 Woman

16 (51.6) [0]

 

178 (47.3) [0]

 

UK region

 Greater Glasgow & Clyde

21 (67.7)

 

268 (71.3)

 

 Tayside

10 (32.3)

[0]

 

108 (28.7)

[0]

 

Ethnicity

 White Scottish or White British

30 (100)

[1]

 

366 (98.4) [4]

 

Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation

 1 (most deprived quintile)

10 (32.3)

 

164 (43.7)

 

 2

8 (25.8)

 

86 (22.9)

 

 3

6 (19.4)

 

50 (13.3)

 

 4

5 (16.1)

 

44 (11.7)

 

 5 (least deprived quintile)

2 (6.5) [0]

 

31 (8.3) [1]

 

At least one parent or sibling with a lung cancer diagnosis

 Yes

6 (19.6)

 

90 (23.9)

 

 No

25 (80.7) [0]

 

286 (76.1) [0]

 

Smoking pack year history

 

40

20–175

[0]

 

37

2–175

[0]

Average no. cigarettes smoked a day

 

15

2–60

[0]

 

17

0–136

[2]

Attempted to stop smoking in last 6 months

 Yes

9 (31.0)

 

95 (25.8)

 

 No

20 (69.0)

[2]

 

273 (74.2)

[8]

 

Intend to stop smoking in next 4 weeks

 Yes

10 (32.3)

 

90 (24.2)

 

 Don’t know

10 (32.3)

 

100 (26.9)

 

 No

11 (35.5)

[0]

 

182 (48.9)

[4]

 

EarlyCDT-Lung result

 Positive

13 (41.9)

 

164 (43.6)a

 

 Negative

18 (58.1)

[0]

 

212 (56.4)

[0]

 
  1. aEarlyCDT-Lung results in source population not representative of all ECLS study participants due to higher sampling rate of positive test vs. negative test participants for questionnaire study