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Table 2 Descriptive statistics of the respondents according to interview format

From: Communicating effectiveness of intervention for chronic diseases: what single format can replace comprehensive information?

 

ARR

RRR

NNT

POL

Covariate

n

p/median

n

p/median

n

p/median

n

p/median

Sex (Females, %)

294

56.5

292

54.8

288

53.5

295

61.0

Age (years)

294

52 (43; 59)

288

51 (43;59)

288

51 (42;59)

295

51 (42; 59)

Household income (1,000 DKK)

292

500–599 (100–199; 900–999)

289

500–599 (100–199; 800–899)

281

500–599 (200–299; 1,000+)

293

500–599 (200–299; 800–899)

Education (years)

294

13 (10; 17)

292

13 (9; 16)

285

13 (10; 16)

290

12 (9; 17)

Married or cohabitating w/partner (Yes, %)

294

73.8

292

74.0

287

81.2

293

78.5

Personal experience w/cardiovascular disease (Yes, %)

292

39.4

290

36.2

287

33.1

295

38.3

Family w/known cardiovascular disease (Yes, %)

287

41.1

281

36.3

286

42.3

288

45.5

Numeracy skills (2 or more wrong answers, %)

294

19.7

292

18.2

288

24.0

295

17.6

  1. For proportions, percentages are given, while for continuous and categorical variables the median is given with 10% and 90% percentiles in parentheses. n indicates the number of valid responses