Table 1.
Participant statistics
| Age | median 41.0 years old, interquartile range 31–49 | |
| Employmenta | ||
| Paid or self-employed | 74.5 % | |
| Voluntary work | 2.0 % | |
| Unemployed | 17.6 % | |
| Student | 6.9 % | |
| Retired | 3.9 % | |
| Exempt through disability | 3.9 % | |
| Other | 3.9 % | |
| Ethnicity | ||
| VMC patients | Atlas patients | |
| White – British | 44.3 % | 48.0 % |
| White – European/other | 29.0 % | 26.5 % |
| Black/Caribbean/African | 6.9 % | 7.9 % |
| Asian | 10.8 % | 3.9 % |
| Arabic | 0.8 % | 3.9 % |
| Mixed | 3.0 % | 3.9 % |
| Other | 5.3 % | 3.9 % |
| Missing | - | 2.0 % |
aparticipants were able to indicate more than one employment category