Table 2

Descriptive characteristics of referrals

	All referrals		Non-starters		Starters		12-Week adherers		Completers
	n	Per cent	n	Per cent	n	Per cent	n	Per cent	n	Per cent
Age (n=2233)
16–24	122	5.5	43	10.2	79	4.4	23	2.4	17	2.2
25–34	220	9.9	72	17.0	148	8.2	43	4.5	34	4.4
35–44	322	14.5	70	16.6	252	13.9	94	9.7	65	8.4
45–54	408	18.3	93	22.0	315	17.4	131	13.5	101	13.0
55–64	571	25.6	85	20.1	486	26.8	304	31.4	243	31.3
65–74	447	20.0	49	11.6	398	22.0	278	28.7	239	30.7
75+	143	6.2	10	2.5	133	7.3	95	9.8	78	10.0
Gender (n=2233)
Female	1327	59.4	238	56.4	1089	60.1	566	58.5	441	56.8
Male	906	40.6	184	43.6	722	39.9	402	41.5	336	43.2
Index of multiple deprivation (n=2213)
20% most deprived	511	23.1	135	32.1	376	21.0	183	19.0	156	20.2
21–40%	479	21.6	100	23.8	379	21.1	187	19.4	156	20.2
41–60%	413	18.7	68	16.2	345	19.2	191	19.8	158	20.3
61–80%	378	17.1	54	12.9	324	18.1	190	19.7	148	19.1
81–100% least deprived	432	19.5	63	15.0	369	20.6	213	22.1	156	20.2
Employment status (n=1447)
Retired	525	36.3	58	22.0	467	39.4	351	52.3	320	55.1
Incapacity benefit	190	13.1	51	19.4	139	11.7	58	8.7	48	8.3
Employed	404	27.9	86	32.7	318	26.9	150	22.4	118	20.3
Job seekers allowance	93	6.4	27	10.3	66	5.6	23	3.4	19	3.2
Full time education	21	1.5	5	1.9	16	1.4	1	0.1	1	0.2
Other	214	14.8	36	13.7	178	15.0	88	13.1	75	12.9
Profession of referrer (n=2190)
General practitioner	1278	58.4	253	60.7	1025	57.8	508	53.4	407	53.2
Practice nurse	590	26.9	117	28.1	473	26.7	257	27.0	200	26.1
Cardiac rehabilitation nurse	185	8.4	21	5.0	164	9.2	130	13.7	117	15.3
Other	137	6.3	26	6.2	111	6.3	57	5.9	41	5.4
Reason for referral (n=2161)
CVD	649	30.0	96	23.6	553	31.6	365	38.8	308	40.8
Overweight/obesity	913	42.2	192	46.9	721	41.2	343	36.5	271	35.9
Mental health	297	13.8	79	19.4	218	12.4	95	10.1	72	9.5
Metabolic/endocrine	149	6.9	29	7.1	120	6.8	60	6.4	45	6.0
Other	153	7.1	14	3.0	139	8.0	77	8.2	58	7.8
Secondary reason for referral (n=2233)
No secondary reason	1649	73.8	324	76.8	1325	73.2	715	73.9	594	76.5
CVD	34	1.5	3	0.7	31	1.7	18	1.9	14	1.8
Overweight/obesity	222	9.9	41	9.7	181	10.0	94	9.7	67	8.6
Mental health	130	5.8	35	8.3	95	5.2	41	4.2	31	4.0
Metabolic/endocrine	105	4.7	7	1.7	98	5.4	53	5.5	39	5.0
Other	93	4.2	12	2.8	81	4.5	47	4.8	32	4.1
Prescheme BMI (n=1776)
Normal weight (18.5–24.9 kg/m²)	Not available for those who did not start the scheme				215	12.1	131	13.6	110	14.2
Overweight (25–29.9 kg/m²)					459	25.8	273	28.3	228	29.5
Obese (30–34.5 kg/m²)					499	28.1	272	28.2	210	27.2
Morbidly obese (35+ kg/m²)					603	34.0	288	29.9	225	29.1
Leisure site (n=2233)
A (Leisure provider 2)	113	5.1	22	5.2	91	5.0	67	6.9	60	7.7
B (Leisure provider 1)	186	8.3	54	12.8	132	7.3	75	7.7	71	9.1
C (Leisure provider 1)	332	14.9	83	19.7	249	13.7	152	15.7	117	15.1
D (Leisure provider 1)	103	4.6	20	4.7	83	4.6	39	4.0	34	4.4
E (Leisure provider 1)	428	19.2	89	21.1	339	18.7	186	19.2	168	21.6
F (Leisure provider 1)	501	22.4	81	19.2	420	23.2	224	23.1	196	25.2
G (Leisure provider 2)	73	3.3	10	2.4	63	3.5	27	2.8	20	2.6
H (Leisure provider 2)	156	7.0	18	4.3	138	7.6	54	5.6	24	3.1
I (Leisure provider 2)	341	15.3	45	10.7	296	16.3	144	14.9	87	11.2