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Table 4 Point estimates of effects on primary outcomes comparing intervention versus control

From: Effects of a text messaging smoking cessation intervention amongst online help-seekers and primary health care visitors: findings from a randomised controlled trial

 

Available data analysis

Imputed data analysis

Estimatea (95% CoI)

Prob.b

OR > 1

p-valuec

Estimatea (95% CoI)

Prob.b

OR > 1

p-valuec

Three months post-randomisation (intervention versus control)

 8-week prolonged abstinence

2.15 (1.51; 3.06)

> 99.9%

< 0.0001

1.94 (1.38; 2.75)

> 99.9%

< 0.0001

 4-week point prevalence of abstinence

1.70 (1.18; 2.44)

99.8%

0.0034

1.68 (1.19; 2.37)

99.8%

0.0033

Six months post-randomisation (intervention versus control)

 5-month prolonged abstinence

2.38 (1.62; 3.57)

> 99.9%

< 0.0001

2.31 (1.59; 3.39)

> 99.9%

< 0.0001

 4-week point prevalence of abstinence

1.49 (1.03; 2.14)

98.3%

0.0349

1.62 (1.14; 2.30)

99.6%

0.0069

  1. aThe median of the posterior distribution over odds ratios, with 2.5% and 97.5% percentiles representing a compatibility interval (CoI)
  2. bThe proportion of the posterior distribution over odds ratios which is greater than 1
  3. cP-values are based on maximum likelihood estimation