Table 1 Distribution of socio-demographic, smoking related attributes, chronic disease, and biochemical markers among male smokersat baseline. (N = 489)
variables | Total | % | Intervention | χ 2 (degree of freedom | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
P&NA Group | Leaflet Group | Control | |||||||
n | % | n | % | n | % | p value | |||
489 | 46 | 9.4 | 53 | 10.8 | 390 | 79.8 | |||
Age Group | |||||||||
≦50 | 96 | 19.6 | 3 | 6.5 | 10 | 18.9 | 83 | 21.3 | χ 2 (df=4) = 8.27 |
51–64 | 119 | 24.3 | 9 | 19.6 | 12 | 22.6 | 98 | 25.1 | p = 0.08 |
≧65 | 274 | 56.0 | 34 | 73.9 | 31 | 58.5 | 209 | 53.6 | |
Smoking related attributes | |||||||||
Smoking commence age | |||||||||
<20 | 121 | 26.0 | 14 | 33.3 | 12 | 23.1 | 95 | 25.7 | χ 2 (df=4) = 3.52 |
20 | 156 | 33.5 | 15 | 35.7 | 14 | 26.9 | 127 | 34.3 | p = 0.48 |
>20 | 188 | 40.4 | 14 | 33.3 | 26 | 50.0 | 148 | 40.0 | |
NK | 24 | 3 | 1 | 20 | |||||
Time for first cigarette at morning | |||||||||
<30 min | 286 | 60.7 | 29 | 64.4 | 34 | 68.0 | 223 | 59.3 | χ 2 (df=2) = 1.69 |
≧30 min | 185 | 39.3 | 16 | 35.6 | 16 | 32.0 | 153 | 40.7 | p = 0.43 |
NK | 18 | 1 | 3 | 14 | |||||
Smoking cessation advice from others | |||||||||
yes | 167 | 36.3 | 18 | 40.0 | 16 | 32.0 | 133 | 36.4 | χ 2 (df=2) = 0.67 |
no | 293 | 63.7 | 27 | 60.0 | 34 | 68.0 | 232 | 63.6 | p = 0.72 |
NK | 29 | 1 | 3 | 25 | |||||
Smoking cessation stage at baseline | |||||||||
Precontemplation (PC) | 285 | 61.0 | 33 | 73.3 | 34 | 66.7 | 218 | 58.8 | χ 2 (df=4) = 5.96 |
Contemplation (C) | 156 | 33.4 | 9 | 20.0 | 16 | 31.4 | 131 | 35.3 | p = 0.20 |
Preparation (P) | 26 | 5.6 | 3 | 6.7 | 1 | 2.0 | 22 | 5.9 | |
NK | 22 | 1 | 2 | 19 | |||||
Chronic disease at baseline | |||||||||
Diabetes history | 40 | 9.6 | 3 | 3.5 | 4 | 7.7 | 33 | 10.0 | χ 2 (df=2) = 0.28(p = 0.87) |
Hypertension history | 67 | 15.8 | 9 | 10.6 | 3 | 5.8 | 55 | 16.4 | χ 2 (df=2) = 4.39(p = 0.11) |