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Table 1 Comparisons between participants and all non-participants

From: Which older people decline participation in a primary care trial of physical activity and why: insights from a mixed methods approach

 

Participants

All non-participants

Crude OR participating

Test for trend

 

N = 298 n (%)

N = 690 n (%)

(95% CI)

p value

Age at posting invitation

    

60-64 years

113 (37.9)

254 (36.8)

1.0

0.38

65-69 years

104 (34.9)

222 (32.2)

1.05 (0.76, 1.45)

 

70-75 years

81 (27.2)

214 (31.0)

0.85 (0.61, 1.19)

 

Gender

    

Female

160 (53.7)

322 (46.7)

1.0

0.04

Male

138 (46.3)

368 (53.3)

0.75 (0.57, 0.99)

 

Invited as

    

Couple

149 (50.0)

322 (46.7)

1.0

0.34

Individual

149 (50.0)

368 (53.3)

0.88 (0.67, 1.15)

 

National quintiles of Index of Multiple Deprivation Rank 1

    

1 (most deprived)

2 (0.7)

12 (1.7)

0.32 (0.07, 1.46)

<0.001

2)

9 (3.0)

32 (4.6)

0.55 (0.26, 1.17)

 

3

18 (6.0)

81 (11.7)

0.43 (0.25,0.74)

 

4

51 (17.1)

140 (20.3)

0.71 (0.50. 1.02)

 

5 (least deprived)

218 (73.2)

425 (61.6)

1.0

 
  1. 1Index of Multiple Deprivation Rank from national quintiles [15].