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. 2024 May 7;22:188. doi: 10.1186/s12916-024-03412-0

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of cases and matched controls enrolled in UK Biobank

Overall Case Control
N 291,414 33,021 258,393
Age, mean (SD) 61.3 (6.4) 61.6 (6.5) 61.3 (6.4)
Male, n (%) 170,549 (58.5) 19,591 (59.3) 150,958 (58.4)
White ethnicity, n (%) 281,175 (96.5) 31,867 (96.5) 249,308 (96.5)
BMI, mean (SD) 27.6 (4.6) 28.3 (5.4) 27.6 (4.5)
High education attainment, n (%) 83,107 (29.1) 7528 (23.4) 75,579 (29.8)
Household income ≥31000, n (%) 101,733 (41.9) 8200 (30.7) 93,533 (43.3)
Physical activity, n (%)
 Low 42,663 (18.4) 6104 (24.1) 36,559 (17.6)
 Middle 57,267 (24.6) 6223 (24.6) 51,044 (24.6)
 High 132,489 (57.0) 12,956 (51.2) 119,533 (57.7)
Smoking, n (%)
 Never 144,356 (49.8) 12,588 (38.4) 131,768 (51.2)
 Previous 116,627 (40.2) 13,790 (42.0) 102,837 (40.0)
 Current 29,076 (10.0) 6417 (19.6) 22,659 (8.8)
Non-moderate alcohol consumer, n (%) 164,134 (75.6) 17,408 (77.9) 146,726 (75.3)
Suboptimal diet, n (%) 122,724 (43.6) 15,160 (48.3) 107,564 (43.0)
High Townsend deprivation index, n (%) 139,808 (48.0) 18,529 (56.2) 121,279 (47.0)
Health rating, n (%)
 Poor 14,296 (4.9) 4383 (13.4) 9913 (3.9)
 Fair 64,233 (22.1) 10,066 (30.8) 54,167 (21.0)
 Good 167,285 (57.7) 15,241 (46.6) 152,044 (59.1)
 Excellent 44,269 (15.3) 3025 (9.2) 41,244 (16.0)

N number, SD standard deviation