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Table 3 Difference in inclination to offer treatment depending upon respondent’s own smoking status

From: ‘Are smokers less deserving of expensive treatment? A randomised controlled trial that goes beyond official values’

 

The smoking patient

The non-smoking patient

Non-smokers (n = 143) (n = 147)

72% (CI 64.8-79.4)

81.6% (CI 75.3-87.9)

Previous smokers (n = 90) (n = 96)

68.9% (59.3-78.5)

86.5% (CI 79.7-93.3)*

Smokers (n = 19) (n = 14)

52.6% (CI 30.1-75.1)

92.9% (CI 79.4-100)*

  1. Results are given for the general population only. Results are presented as the proportion that would offer the new, expensive treatment among the group that received the smoking patient version and the non-smoking patient version, respectively. Numbers in brackets refer to the amount of respondents having received each version of the questionnaire. 95% confidence intervals (CI) are given. An * means that p < 0.05.