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Table 1 Baseline demographic information

From: Flexible, dual-form nicotine replacement therapy or varenicline in comparison with nicotine patch for smoking cessation: a randomized controlled trial

n (%)

Overall

NRT

NRT+

VR

Age (M, SD)

48.61 (10.8)

48.13 (11.1)

48.57 (10.5)

49.11 (10.8)

Sex

    

 Male

395 (53.6)

137 (55.9)

131 (53.5)

127 (51.4)

 Female

342 (46.6)

108 (44.1)

114 (46.5)

120 (48.6)

Marital status

    

 Married/common law

340 (46.3)

120 (49.0)

107 (43.9)

113 (46.3)

 Divorced/separated/widowed

232 (31.7)

69 (28.1)

79 (32.3)

84 (34.4)

 Single/never married

161 (22.0)

56 (22.9)

58 (23.8)

47 (29.2)

Years of education (M, SD)

14.13 (3.0)

13.97 (2.7)

14.19 (3.0)

14.21 (3.2)

Employment status

    

 Full/part time

449 (61.3)

157 (64.4)

145 (59.5)

147 (60.1)

 Homemaker/retired/unemployed

158 (21.6)

49 (20.0)

51 (20.8)

58 (23.6)

 Disability leave

126 (17.1)

38 (15.6)

48 (19.7)

40 (16.3)

Annual household income (Canadian dollars)

    

 19,999 or less

162 (22.7)

50 (20.7)

61 (25.8)

51 (21.6)

 20,000–39,999

147 (20.6)

51 (34.7)

47 (19.9)

49 (20.8)

 40,000–69,999

216 (30.3)

76 (31.5)

67 (28.4)

73 (30.9)

 70,000 or more

188 (26.4)

64 (26.6)

61 (26.8)

63 (26.7)

Lifetime psychiatric diagnosis (%)

435 (59.0)

144 (58.5)

143 (58.4)

148 (58.9)

Smoking characteristics (M, SD)

    

 Cigarettes smoked per day

23.2 (10.8)

22.4 (11.3)

24.0 (10.9)

23.3 (10.1)

 Cumulative years smoked

31.0 (11.7)

30.5 (12.2)

30.9 (11.3)

31.7 (11.5)

 Fagerstrom test of nicotine dependence

6.1 (2.2)

6.0 (2.2)

6.3 (2.2)

6.1 (2.3)

 Number of previous quit attempts

4.6 (5.4)

4.3 (4.5)

4.2 (4.5)

5.2 (6.7)

 Motivation to quita

8.7 (1.5)

8.7 (1.4)

8.7 (1.6)

8.7 (1.4)

 Confidence to quita

7.4 (2.2)

7.3 (2.2)

7.4 (2.1)

7.4 (2.2)

 Number of other smokers in the household

1.0 (1.0)

1.1 (0.9)

1.0 (0.9)

1.1 (1.2)

  1. M, mean; SD, standard deviation; NRT, standard dose, nicotine replacement therapy; NRT+, flexible, dual-form nicotine replacement therapy; VR, varenicline
  2. aMotivation and confidence to quit were reported on 10-point scales where 0 = not at all confident/motivated to and 10 = completely confident. Please note that this table is an adapted version of a previously published table [23]