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Table 1 Baseline demographics

From: Breast cancer risk status influences uptake, retention and efficacy of a weight loss programme amongst breast cancer screening attendees: two randomised controlled feasibility trials

 

Study-1 Women informed of their breast cancer risk prior to invite to the weight loss programme

Study-2 Women informed of their breast cancer risk part way through the weight loss programme

Age (years)a

59.0 (5.1)

53.3 (4.3)

BMI (kg/m2)a

31.4 (4.5)

31.1 (4.8)

Townsend quintile (%):

 1 (least deprived)

32

46

 2

41

25

 3

20

17

 4

5.5

8

 5 (most deprived)

1.5

4

 Current smoker (%)

7

6

Ethnicity (%):

 White British

97

98

 Asian

1.5

1

 Afro-Caribbean

1.5

1

Number of first degree relatives with breast cancer

 0

68.3

76.9

 1

28.6

23.1

  > or = 2

3.2

0.0

 Time since receiving risk feedback (months)b

12.0 (21.6)

N/A

  1. a mean (SD) b median (interquartile range) N/A not applicable as women received their risk feeback after being invited to Study 2