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. 2026 Jan 21;12:1724041. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2025.1724041

Table 1.

Demographic and lifestyle characteristics of 276,209 participants by coffee and tea intake category in the UK Biobank study.

Characteristics Overall Coffee Tea
0 0.5–1 2–3 4 0 0.5–1 2–3 4
Number, n (%) 276,209 56,797 (20.6) 76,005 (27.5) 89,275 (32.3) 54,132 (19.6) 40,388 (14.6) 34,494 (12.5) 83,317 (30.2) 118,010 (42.7)
Mean age (SD), y 55.38 (8.01) 53.92 (7.95) 55.84 (8.02) 56.09 (7.98) 55.12 (7.87) 54.22 (8.05) 54.68 (8.20) 55.65 (8.07) 55.80 (7.84)
Sex, n (%)
Female 144,642 (52.4) 32,904 (57.9) 41,644 (54.8) 45,500 (51.0) 24,594 (45.4) 21,959 (54.4) 17,070 (49.5) 43,273 (51.9) 62,340 (52.8)
Male 131,567 (47.6) 23,893 (42.1) 34,361 (45.2) 43,775 (49.0) 29,538 (54.6) 18,429 (45.6) 17,424 (50.5) 40,044 (48.1) 55,670 (47.2)
Race and ethnicity, n (%)
White 156 (0.1) 28 (0.0) 35 (0.0) 63 (0.1) 30 (0.1) 19 (0.0) 28 (0.1) 49 (0.1) 60 (0.1)
Other 276,053 (99.9) 56,769 (100.0) 75,970 (100.0) 89,212 (99.9) 54,102 (99.9) 40,369 (100.0) 34,466 (99.9) 83,268 (99.9) 117,950 (99.9)
Education, n (%)
College or University 118,672 (43.0) 21,351 (37.6) 33,645 (44.3) 41,199 (46.1) 22,477 (41.5) 16,250 (40.2) 16,926 (49.1) 37,437 (44.9) 48,059 (40.7)
A/AS levels 38,457 (13.9) 8,036 (14.1) 10,773 (14.2) 12,367 (13.9) 7,281 (13.5) 5,895 (14.6) 4,963 (14.4) 11,619 (13.9) 15,980 (13.5)
O levels/GCSEs 66,893 (24.2) 15,016 (26.4) 18,133 (23.9) 20,322 (22.8) 13,422 (24.8) 10,390 (25.7) 7,399 (21.5) 19,647 (23.6) 29,457 (25.0)
CSEs or equivalent 16,598 (6.0) 4,477 (7.9) 3,878 (5.1) 4,622 (5.2) 3,621 (6.7) 2,801 (6.9) 1,583 (4.6) 4,592 (5.5) 7,622 (6.5)
NVQ or HND or HNC 20,188 (7.3) 4,684 (8.2) 5,351 (7.0) 5,787 (6.5) 4,366 (8.1) 2,932 (7.3) 1,988 (5.8) 5,555 (6.7) 9,713 (8.2)
Other professional qualifications 15,401 (5.6) 3,233 (5.7) 4,225 (5.6) 4,978 (5.6) 2,965 (5.5) 2,120 (5.2) 1,635 (4.7) 4,467 (5.4) 7,179 (6.1)
Median townsend deprivation index (IQR)
−1.27 (3.07) −1.58 (2.92) −1.71 (2.86) −1.63 (2.87) −1.27 (3.07) −1.35 (3.03) −1.34 (3.04) −1.61 (2.91) −1.68 (2.85)
Income, n (%)
< 18,000 42,266 (15.3) 10,176 (17.9) 12,186 (16.0) 12,216 (13.7) 7,688 (14.2) 6,435 (15.9) 4,619 (13.4) 11,669 (14.0) 19,543 (16.6)
18,000–30,999 66,090 (23.9) 13,872 (24.4) 18,501 (24.3) 21,224 (23.8) 12,493 (23.1) 9,534 (23.6) 7,470 (21.7) 19,734 (23.7) 29,352 (24.9)
31,000–51,999 79,871 (28.9) 16,457 (29.0) 21,517 (28.3) 26,062 (29.2) 15,835 (29.3) 11,761 (29.1) 9,889 (28.7) 24,073 (28.9) 34,148 (28.9)
52,000–100,000 68,778 (24.9) 13,242 (23.3) 18,447 (24.3) 22,788 (25.5) 14,301 (26.4) 9,982 (24.7) 9,341 (27.1) 21,461 (25.8) 27,994 (23.7)
>100,000 19,204 (7.0) 3,050 (5.4) 5,354 (7.0) 6,985 (7.8) 3,815 (7.0) 2,676 (6.6) 3,175 (9.2) 6,380 (7.7) 6,973 (5.9)
Mean body mass index (SD), kg/m 2
27.06 (4.58) 27.07 (4.82) 26.69 (4.49) 26.95 (4.41) 27.77 (4.65) 27.77 (5.05) 27.11 (4.67) 26.83 (4.45) 26.97 (4.45)
Physical activity, n (%)
Low 51,373 (18.6) 11,100 (19.5) 13,362 (17.6) 15,593 (17.5) 11,318 (20.9) 8,329 (20.6) 6,737 (19.5) 14,975 (18.0) 21,332 (18.1)
Moderate 115,104 (41.7) 22,788 (40.1) 32,280 (42.5) 38,160 (42.7) 21,876 (40.4) 16,146 (40.0) 14,499 (42.0) 35,642 (42.8) 48,817 (41.4)
High 109,732 (39.7) 22,909 (40.3) 30,363 (39.9) 35,522 (39.8) 20,938 (38.7) 15,913 (39.4) 13,258 (38.4) 32,700 (39.2) 47,861 (40.6)
Drinking, n (%)
Current 8,884 (3.2) 3,871 (6.8) 2,134 (2.8) 1,756 (2.0) 1,123 (2.1) 1,782 (4.4) 1,026 (3.0) 2,558 (3.1) 3,518 (3.0)
Ever 7,806 (2.8) 2,681 (4.7) 1,606 (2.1) 1,827 (2.0) 1,692 (3.1) 1,720 (4.3) 856 (2.5) 1,778 (2.1) 3,452 (2.9)
Never 259,519 (94.0) 50,245 (88.5) 72,265 (95.1) 85,692 (96.0) 51,317 (94.8) 36,886 (91.3) 32,612 (94.5) 78,981 (94.8) 111,040 (94.1)
Smoke, n (%)
Current 157,913 (57.2) 35,395 (62.3) 45,554 (59.9) 50,565 (56.6) 26,399 (48.8) 22,444 (55.6) 19,253 (55.8) 48,446 (58.1) 67,770 (57.4)
Ever 92,761 (33.6) 16,931 (29.8) 25,245 (33.2) 31,193 (34.9) 19,392 (35.8) 13,233 (32.8) 11,696 (33.9) 28,406 (34.1) 39,426 (33.4)
Never 25,535 (9.2) 4,471 (7.9) 5,206 (6.8) 7,517 (8.4) 8,341 (15.4) 4,711 (11.7) 3,545 (10.3) 6,465 (7.8) 10,814 (9.2)
Median tea intake (IQR), cups per day
3.32 (2.76) 4.37 (3.19) 3.97 (2.57) 2.90 (2.27) 1.97 (2.55) 0.00 (0.00) 0.86 (0.22) 2.51 (0.50) 5.74 (2.40)
Median coffee intake (IQR), cups per day
2.04 (2.03) 0.00 (0.00) 0.87 (0.22) 2.40 (0.49) 5.25 (1.93) 3.36 (2.70) 2.80 (2.09) 2.02 (1.67) 1.39 (1.65)