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Table 1 Summary statistics of participants and non-participantsa

From: Characteristics of young people with long term conditions close to transfer to adult health services

 

Condition

Participants

Non-participantsb

 

Age

 

Mean

SD

n

Mean

SD

n

p value1

 

ASD

16.1

1.3

118

16.0

1.3

99

0.68

 

CP

16.5

1.9

106

16.5

1.4

293

0.80

 

Diabetes

16.2

1.3

150

15.9

1.2

67

0.14

 

Total

16.2

1.3

374

16.3

1.3

459

0.40

  

Male

Female

Total

Male

Female

Total

 

Gender

 

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

p value2

 

ASD

82 (69)

36 (31)

118 (32)

81 (76)

25 (24)

106 (23)

0.24

 

CP

60 (57)

46 (43)

106 (28)

181 (62)

112 (38)

293 (62)

0.35

 

Diabetes

77 (51)

73 (49)

150 (40)

31 (45)

38 (55)

69 (15)

0.38

 

Total

219 (59)

155 (41)

374 (100)

293 (63)

175 (37)

468 (100)

0.23

SES

Median

IQR

n

Median

IQR

n

p value3

IMD

ASD

19.9

9.7-31.1

118

22.6

15.9-37.8

96

0.01

 

CP (NECCPS)

17.5

13.2-30.4

60

27.4

12.7-39.9

164

0.05

 

Diabetes

12.1

7.3-20.8

150

14.3

10.3-23.2

67

0.11

Total

15.5

8.6-28.0

328

21.6

12.2-36.8

327

<0.001

MDM

CP (NICPR)

15.3

10.7-26.8

46

17.7

8.4-34.8

128

0.58

  1. aYoung people approached who declined to take part or did not respond
  2. bData missing from one diabetes site
  3. 1t-test of a significant difference in means between participants and non-participants
  4. 2Chi-squared test of a difference in the gender distribution between participants and non-participants
  5. 3Mann-Whitney rank sum test of a difference in deprivation measure between participants and non-participants
  6. SD Standard Deviation
  7. IQR Interquartile Range
  8. SES Socio-economic status as captured for England by index of multiple deprivation (IMD) [27] and for Northern Ireland by multiple deprivation measure (MDM) [28]
  9. ASD Autism Spectrum Disorder
  10. CP Cerebral Palsy
  11. NECCPS North of England Collaborative Cerebral Palsy Survey
  12. NICPR Northern Ireland Cerebral Palsy Register