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. 2021 Jan 8;11(1):e040730. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-040730

Table 1.

Characteristics of included and excluded patients

Included patients* (n=2650) Excluded patients† (n=7418)
N (%) Score n Score
Age, mean years (SD) 2636 (99) 45 (14) 7387 45 (14)
Female, n (%) 2650 (100) 1802 (68) 7418 4577 (62)
Neuroticism, median (IQR) 2248 (85) 10.1 (9.1–11.3) 6419 9.9 (8.9–11)
Chronic stress, median (IQR) 2465 (93) 2 (1–4) 7005 2 (1–4)
Stressful life events, median (IQR) 2464 (93) 1 (0–2) 7008 1 (0–2)
Self-rated health, median (IQR) 2548 (96) 3 (2–3) 7228 3 (2–3)
Healthy activity‡, n (%) 2274 (86) 1259 (55) 6505 3589 (55)
Body mass index (kg/m2), median (IQR) 2648 (100) 26 (23–28) 7417 25 (23–28)
Living alone, n (%) 2522 (95) 335 (13.3) 7167 904 (12.6)
Higher education§, n (%) 2572 (97) 1707 (66) 7215 5067 (70)
MDD, n (%) 2555 (96) 86 (3) 7248 176 (2.4)
GAD, n (%) 2555 (96) 165 (6) 7248 351 (4.8)
Psychiatric consultations last year¶**, n (%) 2650 (100) 292 (11) 7418 783 (11)
GP consultations last year**, median (IQR) 2650 (100) 2 (0–5) 7418 1 (0–3)

*Included: GP consultations and ≥1 FSS within 1 year after baseline Lifelines assessment.

†Excluded: GP consultations without FSS within 1 year after baseline of Lifelines.

‡Healthy activity, defined as 30 min at least 5 days a week.

§Higher education, defined as at least secondary vocational education or work-based training.

¶Patients with a consultation code in the P chapter of the International Classification of Primary Care.

**Predictors from NPCD. Other predictors are from Lifelines.

GAD, generalised anxiety disorder; GP, general practitioner; MDD, major depressive disorder; NPCD, Nivel Primary Care Database.