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Table 1 Characteristics of the sample at baseline

From: A theory-based online health behaviour intervention for new university students (U@Uni:LifeGuide): results from a repeat randomized controlled trial

Variable

 

Control

Intervention

  

% or mean

Standard deviation

n

% or mean

Standard deviation

n

Demographics

Nationality

UK

75.37

–

961

78.16

–

1052

 

Non-UK

24.63

–

314

21.84

–

294

Ethnicity

White British

68.67

–

835

71.65

–

930

 

White other

7.40

–

90

6.32

–

82

 

Mixed

3.87

–

47

3.70

–

48

 

Asian and Asian British

5.10

–

62

5.32

–

69

 

Black and Black British

206

–

25

2.77

–

36

 

Chinese

10.20

–

124

8.24

–

107

 

Other

2.71

–

33

2.00

–

26

Sex

Female

54.87

–

698

55.81

–

749

 

Male

45.13

–

574

44.19

–

593

Age

 

18.89

2.68

1274

18.73

2.01

1340

Fruit and vegetable intake

 Portions per day

4.48

2.21

1267

4.49

2.34

1344

Physical activity

 Metabolic equivalent of task per week

3665.30

3518.61

1273

3510.02

3276.63

1343

Alcohol consumption

 Total units the in previous 7 days

6.77

9.32

1271

7.15

9.72

1344

 Number of days binge drinking in the last 7 days (drinkers only)

0.52

0.80

833

0.56

0.82

872

 Biochemical marker of alcohol consumption (fatty acid ethyl esters)

3.24

4.09

123

2.60

3.33

90

Smoking

 Has smoked

42.89

–

1175

44.31

–

1248

 Current smoker

3.49

–

1175

2.80

–

1248

 Cigarettes smoked per week (smokers only)

49.05

38.93

41

53.60

45.95

35

 Smoking marker (cotinine)

0.48

0.44

123

0.44

0.41

90

 Smoking marker (nicotine)

3.89

10.32

123

6.52

17.83

90

Other outcomes

 EQ-5D-3 L

 Health index score from EQ-5D-3 L (visual analogue scale)

0.94

0.12

1249

0.94

0.12

1327

 Health index score from EQ-5D-3 L (time trade off)

0.95

0.11

1249

0.95

0.11

1327

 EQ-5D-3 L visual analogue scale

83.26

12.12

1256

82.01

13.77

1326

 Recreational drugs

 Have taken recreational drugs (single sample count method)

19.11

7.21

1275

17.84

6.79

1336

 Have taken recreational drugs (biochemical marker)

24.39

–

123

24.44

–

123

Body mass index

 Self-report

21.78

3.69

1206

21.95

3.88

1274

 Objective

21.67

3.55

123

21.5

3.39

90

Social cognition variables

 Fruit and vegetable intention

4.78

1.59

1150

4.76

1.58

1258

 Physical activity intention

5.72

1.38

1156

5.69

1.43

1263

 Binge drinking intention

3.33

1.90

1156

3.32

1.92

1249

 Smoking intention

1.51

1.29

1173

1.46

1.20

1269

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