Table 1.
Characteristics of UK Biobank population with current job titles at baseline enrollment visit and with reported lifetime job history. [IQR=interquartile range]
| Population with job title at enrollment | Population with lifetime job history | |||
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| N (%) | Median (IQR) | N (%) | Median (IQR) | |
| Total | 277 808 | 100 929 | ||
| Age | 54 (48, 60) | 57 (50, 62) | ||
| Male sex | 134 929 (48.57) | 44 692 (44.28) | ||
| Race | ||||
| White | 260 906 (93.92) | 98 236 (97.33) | ||
| Black | 4943 (1.78) | 520 (0.52) | ||
| Asian | 6472 (2.33) | 933 (0.92) | ||
| Mixed | 1747 (0.63) | 455 (0.45) | ||
| Unknown | 3740 (1.35) | 785 (0.78) | ||
| Townsend deprivation index a | -0.21 (-0.36, 0.04) | -0.25 (-0.39, -0.04) | ||
| Body mass index (BMI, kg/m2) b | ||||
| Underweight (<18.5) | 1326 (0.48) | 597 (0.59) | ||
| Healthy weight (18.5–<25.0) | 94 049 (33.97) | 39 614 (39.33) | ||
| Overweight (25.0–<30.0) | 117 795 (42.55) | 41 553 (41.25) | ||
| Obese (≥30.0) | 63 701 (23.01) | 18 968 (18.83) | ||
| Job involves heavy manual or physical work c | ||||
| Never/rarely | 161 166 (65.82) | 49 314 (76.6) | ||
| Sometimes | 51 955 (21.22) | 10 638 (16.53) | ||
| Usually | 16 262 (6.64) | 2600 (4.04) | ||
| Always | 15 483 (6.32) | 1823 (2.83) | ||
a
Townsend Deprivation Index missing for 361 people with job title at enrollment and 107 people with lifetime job history.
b
BMI missing for 937 people with job title at enrollment and 197 people with lifetime job history.
c
Information on heavy manual/physical work missing for 32 942 people with job title at enrollment and 36 554 people with lifetime job history.