Table 1

Baseline equivalence between conditions for longitudinal sample (n=282)

%, median, or mean (SD)
VariableIntervention (n=132)Comparison (n=150)p Value
2 Test.
t Test or Mann-Whitney U test for two independent groups.
‡Response categories included: 1 (0 cigarettes), 2 (<1 cigarette), 3 (1–5 cigarettes), 4 (6–10 cigarettes), 5 (11–15 cigarettes), 6 (16–20 cigarettes), 7 (21–25 cigarettes), 8 (26–30 cigarettes), 9 (31–35 cigarettes), 10 (36–40 cigarettes) and 11 (> 40 cigarettes on a typical day).
§Response categories included: 1 (immediately after waking), 2 (within 15 minutes of waking), 3 (15–30 minutes after waking), 4 (31–60 minutes after waking), 5 (61 minutes to 2 hours after waking), and 6 (>2 hours after waking).
CO, carbon monoxide.
Sociodemographic variables
    Sex (% female)52480.07*
    Age in years (mean)43 (13.7)42 (12.2)0.39†
    Marital status (% married)54580.47*
    Number of children in home (mean)1.6 (1.6)1.5 (1.5)0.52*
    Income (median category)$1100–1400$1100–14000.57†
    Years of education (median category)9–11 years9–11 years0.41†
    Place of birth (%)0.41†
        Mexico7775
        USA1617
        Other770.93*
    Acculturation score (mean)2.03 (.82)2.16 (.87)0.17†
Smoking related variables
    Age started smoking (mean)16.3 (2.9)16.4 (2.9)0.32†
    Number of years smoking (mean)26.8 (14.0)25.4 (12.4)0.36†
    Amount smoked per day (mean category)‡4.7 (1.6)5.1 (1.7)0.08†
    Minutes to first cig of day (mean category)§3.1 (1.9)3.0 (1.9)0.51†
    CO concentration (mean ppm)11.5 (8.6)11.7 (8.1)0.81†
    Number of recent quit attempts (mean)1.0 (1.5)1.1 (1.6)0.67†
    Knowledge score (mean)10.7 (1.9)10.9 (1.9)0.82†
    Self efficacy for quitting (mean)4.1 (1.1)4.0 (1.1)0.43†