Table 1.

Baseline study population characteristics

	Total patients (% of patients)
Age at diagnosis (years)
<18	95 (2.8%)
18–35	436 (12.9%)
36–45	437 (13.0%)
46–55	600 (17.8%)
56–65	800 (23.7%)
>65	1003 (29.8%)
Sex
Male	1613 (47.8%)
Female	1758 (52.2%)
Enrolment time prior to index diagnosis (years)
Mean	4.1
Median	3.1
Range	1.0–16.5
Count ≥1.5 years	2846 (84.4%)
Count ≥2 years	2394 (71.0%)
Count ≥3 years	1744 (51.7%)
Region
Rural	355 (10.5%)
Urban	2998 (88.9%)
Missing	18 (0.5%)