Table 2.
CPRD Aurum sample (veteran and non-veteran) health risk factors
| Non-veterans 244,573 |
Veterans 122,484 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % (95% CI)* | % (95% CI)† | N | % (95% CI)* | % (95% CI)† | ||
| Smoker | |||||||
| Never | 53,742 | 51.70 (51.39 to 52.01) | 53.84 (53.44 to 54.19) | 44,193 | 45.61 (45.29 to 45.92) | 46.36 (46.07 to 46.66) | |
| Ex-smoker | 28,392 | 27.31 (27.04 to 27.58) | 26.12(25.86 to 26.38) | 32,807 | 33.86 (33.56 to 34.16) | 33.37 (33.08 to 33.66) | |
| Smoker | 21,809 | 20.98 (20.74 to 21.23) | 20.04 (19.79 to 20.29) | 19,894 | 20.53 (20.28 to 20.79) | 20.26 (20.01 to 20.52) | |
| Missing | 140,630 | 57.50 | - | 25,590 | 20.89 | - | |
| Blood pressure | |||||||
| Normal | 22,100 | 19.94 (19.71 to 20.18) | 20.33 (20.11 to 20.55) | 16,233 | 18.07 (17.82 to 18.32) | 19.11 (18.83 to 19.40) | |
| Pre-hypertension | 50,775 | 45.82 (45.53 to 46.11) | 46.80 (46.52 to 47.07) | 43,315 | 48.22 (47.89 to 48.54) | 48.21 (47.90 to 48.52) | |
| Hypertension | 37,942 | 34.24 (33.96 to 34.52) | 32.87 (32.61 to 33.13) | 30,285 | 33.71 (33.40 to 34.02) | 32.67 (32.37 to 32.98) | |
| Missing | 133,756 | 54.69 | - | 32,651 | 26.66 | - | |
| BMI | |||||||
| Underweight | 4,404 | 5.15 (5.00 to 5.30) | 4.32 (4.20 to 4.43) | 1,224 | 1.48 (1.40 to 1.56) | 2.03 (1.93 to 2.13) | |
| Normal weight | 24,990 | 29.23 (28.92 to 29.53) | 30.84 (30.46 to 31.23) | 23,035 | 27.84 (27.54 to 28.15) | 27.89 (27.59 to 28.19) | |
| Overweight | 29,937 | 35.01 (34.69 to 35.33) | 36.31 (36.02 to 36.60) | 32,155 | 38.86 (38.53 to 39.19) | 38.28 (38.00 to 38.57) | |
| Obesity class I | 16,881 | 19.74 (19.48 to 20.01) | 18.94 (18.68 to 19.20) | 17,789 | 21.50 (21.22 to 21.78) | 21.31 (21.03 to 21.58) | |
| ≥Obesity class II | 9,295 | 10.87 (10.66 to 11.08) | 9.59 (9.38 to 9.80) | 8,538 | 10.32 (10.11 to 10.53) | 10.49 (10.28 to 10.70) | |
| Missing | 159,066 | 65.04 | - | 39,743 | 32.45 | - | |
Category percentages are based on complete cases; missing percentages are based on the full sample*Proportions calculated for patients with complete data on variables†Pooled proportions obtained using multiple imputed datasetsBlood pressure: normal= Systolic < 120 and Diastolic < 80, pre-hypertension= Systolic 120–139 or Diastolic 80–89, and hypertension= Systolic ≥ 140 or Diastolic ≥ 90Body mass index (BMI): underweight: ≤18.49, normal weight: 18.50 to 24.99, overweight: 25 to 29.99, obesity class I: 30 to 34.99, and obesity class II or higher: ≥35