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Table 2 Baseline Characteristics of trial participants

From: Promoting deceased organ and tissue donation registration in family physician waiting rooms (RegisterNow-1): a pragmatic stepped-wedge, cluster randomized controlled registry trial

Characteristics

Control (n=12,132)

Intervention (n=12,484)

Median age (25th, 75th percentile)

55 (37–69)

59 (41–72)

Age category, %

 16 to 29 years

1734 (14%)

1599 (13%)

 30 to 40 years

1768 (15%)

1488 (12%)

 41 to 65 years

4775 (39%)

4647 (37%)

 66 to 80 years

2774 (23%)

3223 (26%)

 80+ years

1081 (9%)

1527 (12%)

Female, %

7696 (63%)

7976 (64%)

Rural, %

1052 (9%)

2027 (16%)

Neighbourhood income quintilea, %

 1 (lowest quintile)

2365 (20%)

1789 (14%)

 2

2349 (19%)

2119 (17%)

 3

2174 (18%)

2317 (19%)

 4

2456 (20%)

3143 (25%)

 5 (highest quintile)

2743 (23%)

3077 (25%)

Comorbid conditions, %

 Diabetes

2084 (17%)

2071 (17%)

 Cancer

3119 (26%)

3436 (28%)

 Congestive heart failure

670 (6%)

834 (7%)

 Chronic kidney disease

249 (2%)

288 (2%)

 Chronic liver disease

528 (4%)

493 (4%)

 Chronic lung disease

2594 (21%)

2540 (20%)

 Median family pPhysician visits in the past year, #, (Q1–Q3)

5 (2–9)

5 (3–9)

  1. Q1: lower quartile, Q3: upper quartile
  2. aLess than 1% missing data