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Table 2.

Demographics of Study Participants

	Proactive cohort
	(N = 1127)
	N	(%)
Age at time of consent
30–39	253	22.4
40–49	420	37.3
50–59	391	34.7
60 and above	63	5.6
Ethnicity
White British or Irish	1105	98
Black (inc. Caribbean, African)	5	0.4
European of Jewish origin	5	0.4
Indian subcontinent	3	0.3
Mediterranean	3	0.3
Other^a	6	0.6
Education^b
High school level	216	19.2
College of equivalent	405	35.9
Higher education	446	39.6
No formal qualifications	48	4.3
Missing	12	1.06
Deprivation^c
Most deprived	21	1.9
2	94	8.3
3	65	5.8
4	79	7
5	95	8.4
6	158	14
7	128	11.4
8	150	13.3
9	171	15.2
Least deprived	106	9.4
Missing	61	5.3

^aOther ethnicities include; White American, New Zealander, Russian, Brazilian, Filipino

^bHigh School level is qualification at 16 (GCSEs), College level or equivalent qualification includes vocational, A Level or equivalent NVQ3 qualification, Higher education qualification is University Bachelor degree or equivalent qualification, No formal qualification indicates no qualification on leaving high school