Figure 1.

The flowchart of study participant selection in the UK Biobank. ¹ Anxiolytics list was noted in Supplementary Information S1. ² Prevalent anxiety disorders at baseline were determined by using the “first occurrence” diagnosis date mapped to ICD-10 codes of F40–F43 (Fields 130905, 130907, 130909, 130911). ³ Implausible daily average energy intake or body mass index were defined as 2 interquartile ranges above the sex-specific 75th percentile or below the 25th percentile of log-transformed variables. ⁴ Daily average energy intake was calculated by averaging the daily energy intake values from all the included rounds of 24 h dietary recalls.