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Table 1 Characteristics of patients invited to attend an NHS HCs by trial arm

From: The effectiveness of an enhanced invitation letter on uptake of National Health Service Health Checks in primary care: a pragmatic quasi-randomised controlled trial

  

Control (n = 1755)

Intervention (n = 1756)

P values from chi2 and t-test

Gender [n (%)]

Male

816 (46.5)

862 (49.1)

0.13

Female

939 (53.3)

894 (50.9)

 

Age [mean (s.d.)]

Years

53.1 (9.76)

52.8 (9.78)

0.47

Deprivation Quintile [n (%)]

Quintile 1 - most deprived

114 (6.5)

104 (5.9)

0.93

 

Quintile 2

414 (23.6)

414 (23.6)

 
 

Quintile 3

337 (19.2)

327 (18.6)

 
 

Quintile 4

390 (22.2)

395 (22.5)

 
 

Quintile 5 - least deprived

500 (28.5)

515 (29.3)

 

GP Practice [n (%)]

Practice 1

580 (33.0)

583 (33.2)

1.00

 

Practice 2

545 (31.1)

543 (30.9)

 
 

Practice 3

250 (14.2)

249 (14.2)

 
 

Practice 4

380 (21.7)

381 (21.7)