Table 1 Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Treatment Groupsa.

From: A novel stress-based intervention reduces cigarette use in non-treatment seeking smokers

  

Participants, No. (%)/GROUP

CONTROL

STRESS

  

Characteristic

All participants (n = 62)

Control stressor + Neutral Cues (n = 16)

Control stressor + Smoking Cues (n = 16)

Stressful task + Neutral Cues (n = 15)

Stressful task + Smoking cues (n = 15)

Statistic

P Value

Age, mean (SD)

35.82 (12.99)

38.56 (13.45)

38.25 (14.85)

31.47 (10.92)

34.67 (12.18)

F = 1.03

0.39

Sex

 

Male

34 (54.84)

9 (56.25)

9 (56.25)

8 (53.33)

8 (53.33)

χ2 = 0.05

1.00

 

Female

28 (45.16)

7 (43.75)

7 (43.75)

7 (46.67)

7 (46.67)

Ethnicity

 

White

45 (72.58)

13 (81.25)

10 (62.50)

12 (80.00)

10 (66.67)

χ2 = 2.10

0.55

 

Otherb

17 (27.42)

3 (18.75)

6 (37.50)

3 (20.00)

5 (33.33)

Employed

 

Yes

39 (62.90)

10 (62.50)

8 (50.00)

11 (73.33)

10 (66.67)

χ2 = 1.93

0.59

 

No

23 (37.10)

6 (37.50)

8 (50.00)

4 (26.67)

5 (33.33)

Education

 

No HS completion

2 (3.23)

1 (6.25)

1 (6.25)

0 (0)

0 (0)

χ2 = 2.94

0.97

 

HS graduate

9 (14.52)

2 (12.50)

2 (12.50)

3 (20.00)

2 (13.33)

 

College or trade school graduate

21 (33.87)

6 (37.50)

6 (37.50)

4 (26.67)

5 (33.33)

 

University graduate

30 (48.39)

7 (43.75)

7 (43.75)

8 (53.33)

8 (53.33)

Annual household income, $

      
 

≤20,000

21 (33.87)

3 (18.75)

6 (37.50)

8 (53.33)

4 (26.67)

χ2 = 4.61

0.20

 

>20,000

41 (66.13)

13 (81.25)

10 (62.50)

7 (46.67)

11 (73.33)

No. of cigarettes smoked per day, mean (SD)

16.87 (5.87)

16.84 (6.17)

15.34 (5.71)

18.27 (6.64)

17.13 (5.07)

F = 0.64

0.59

CO level (ppm), mean (SD)

8.60 (5.72)

11.25 (5.92)

6.75 (5.47)

7.67 (7.08)

8.67 (3.18)

F = 1.92

0.14

FTCD score, mean (SD)

6.05 (1.19)

5.81 (1.05)

6.13 (1.02)

6.00 (1.36)

6.27 (1.39)

F = 0.39

0.76

Contemplation Ladder score, mean (SD)

4.97 (1.59)

4.75 (1.34)

5.13 (1.78)

4.87 (1.55)

5.13 (1.77)

F = 0.22

0.88

Age at first cigarette smoked, mean (SD)

16.08 (4.14)

15.91 (2.95)

16.56 (3.31)

14.87 (3.74)

16.97 (6.08)

F = 0.73

0.54

Years of smoking, mean (SD)

19.74 (14.07)

22.66 (15.06)

21.69 (15.43)

16.60 (12.86)

17.70 (13.04)

F = 0.67

0.57

No. of MINI diagnoses

       
 

 0

52 (83.9)

14 (87.50)

14 (87.50)

11 (73.33)

13 (86.67)

χ2 = 1.63

0.65

 

 1

10 (16.1)

2 (12.50)

2 (12.50)

4 (26.67)

2 (13.33)

  1. CO carbon monoxide, FTCD Fagerström Test for Cigarette Dependence, HS high school, MINI Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview.
  2. aAll measures were collected at baseline.
  3. bOther self-reported ethnicities included African American, Asian, Hispanic/Latinx, Indian, Indigenous, Middle Eastern, and other.