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. 2024 Jan 15;22:15. doi: 10.1186/s12916-023-03239-1

Table 1.

The descriptive statistics by any psychiatric disorder

Characteristics* Overall (n = 363,047) Any psychiatric disorder P for differences
No (n = 313,182) Yes (n = 49,865)
Sex, n (%)  < 0.001
 Female 193,854 (53.4) 168,043 (53.7) 25,811 (51.8)
 Male 169,193 (46.6) 145,139 (46.3) 24,054 (48.2)
Age, mean (SD) 56.70 (8.12) 56.55 (8.08) 57.64 (8.29)  < 0.001
Ethnicity, n (%)  < 0.001
 White 338,938 (93.4) 292,197 (93.3) 46,741 (93.7)
 Others 22,056 (6.1) 19,305 (6.2) 2751 (5.5)
 Unknown 2053 (0.6) 1680 (0.5) 373 (0.7)
Socioeconomic status, n (%) #  < 0.001
 First quartile 90,706 (25.0) 80,549 (25.7) 10,157 (20.4)
 Second quartile 90,645 (25.0) 79,724 (25.5) 10,921 (21.9)
 Third quartile 90,671 (25.0) 78,468 (25.1) 12,203 (24.5)
 Fourth quartile 90,674 (25.0) 74,139 (23.7) 16,535 (33.2)
 Unknown 351 (0.1) 302 (0.1) 49 (0.1)
BMI, n (%)  < 0.001
 Underweight or normal weight (< 24.9 kg/m2) 121,840 (33.6) 107,052 (34.2) 14,788 (29.7)
 Overweight (25.0–29.9 kg/m2) 154,670 (42.6) 134,072 (42.8) 20,598 (41.3)
 Obese ( 30 kg/m2) 84,384 (23.2) 70,414 (22.5) 13,970 (28.0)
 Unknown 2153 (0.6) 1644 (0.5) 509 (1.0)
Household income before tax per year (£), n (%)  < 0.001
 Less than 18,000 63,916 (17.6) 51,157 (16.3) 12,759 (25.6)
 18,000–30,999 77,560 (21.4) 66,461 (21.2) 11,099 (22.3)
 31,000–51,999 80,871 (22.3) 71,472 (22.8) 9399 (18.8)
 52,000–100,000 65,326 (18.0) 59,235 (18.9) 6091 (12.2)
 Greater than 100,000 18,140 (5.0) 16,930 (5.4) 1210 (2.4)
 Unknown 57,234 (15.8) 47,927 (15.3) 9307 (18.7)
Education group, n (%)  < 0.001
 College or university degree 117,426 (32.3) 105,511 (33.7) 11,915 (23.9)
 Any school degree (A-level, AS-level, O-level, GCSE, CSE) 137,056 (37.8) 118,757 (37.9) 18,299 (36.7)
 Vocational qualification (NVQ, HND, or HNC) or other professional qualifications 42,031 (11.6) 35,715 (11.4) 6316 (12.7)
 None of the above 58,382 (16.1) 46,696 (14.9) 11,686 (23.4)
 Unknown 8152 (2.2) 6503 (2.1) 1649 (3.3)
Smoking status, n (%)  < 0.001
 Never 207,476 (57.1) 187,640 (59.9) 19,836 (39.8)
 Previous 124,768 (34.4) 107,671 (34.4) 17,097 (34.3)
 Current 28,623 (7.9) 16,137 (5.2) 12,486 (25.0)
 Unknown 2180 (0.6) 1734 (0.6) 446 (0.9)
Alcohol drinker status, n (%)  < 0.001
 Daily or almost daily 74,429 (20.5) 63,106 (20.1) 11,323 (22.7)
 Above one time per week 180,021 (49.6) 158,186 (50.5) 21,835 (43.8)
 One to three times a month 39,780 (11.0) 34,344 (11.0) 5436 (10.9)
 Special occasions only 40,442 (11.1) 33,982 (10.9) 6460 (13.0)
 Never 27,334 (7.5) 22,760 (7.3) 4574 (9.2)
 Unknown 1041 (0.3) 804 (0.3) 237 (0.5)
Total physical activity, n (%)  < 0.001
 Low 52,863 (14.6) 44,917 (14.3) 7946 (15.9)
 Moderate 118,932 (32.8) 103,994 (33.2) 14,938 (30.0)
 High 119,726 (33.0) 104,452 (33.4) 15,274 (30.6)
 Unknown 71,526 (19.7) 59,819 (19.1) 11,707 (23.5)
Hypertension  < 0.001
 No 268,766 (74.0) 235,153 (75.1) 33,613 (67.4)
 Yes 94,281 (26.0) 78,029 (24.9) 16,252 (32.6)
Type 2 diabetes  < 0.001
 No 345,223 (95.1) 299,239 (95.5) 45,984 (92.2)
 Yes 17,824 (4.9) 13,943 (4.5) 3881 (7.8)

SD Standard deviation, BMI Body mass index

*Unknown included prefer not to answer, do not know, and missing value in the database of UK biobank

#Socioeconomic status was measured by Townsend area deprivation index