Table 1.
Participant characteristics
| Characteristic | All (n = 235,685) | Severe covid-19 (hospitalisation or death) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Yes (n = 580) |
No (n = 235,105) |
||
| Age at test (years) | 63·8 (7·11) | 63·6 (7·70) | 63·8 (7·10) |
| Body mass index (kg/m2) | 27·2 (4·68) | 28·7 (5·34) | 27·2 (4·68) |
| Townsend score | -1·39 (2·96) | -0·47 (3·39) | -1·39 (2·96) |
| Sex | |||
| Female | 123,127 (52·2) | 275 (47·4) | 122,852 (52·3) |
| Ethnicity | |||
| White | 226,436 (96·1) | 518 (89·3) | 225,918 (96·1) |
| South Asian | 4345 (1·8) | 30 (5·2) | 4315 (1·8) |
| Black | 4904 (2·1) | 32 (5·5) | 4872 (2·1) |
| Smoking status | |||
| Never | 135,710 (57·6) | 300 (51·7) | 135,410 (57·6) |
| Previous | 75,767 (32·2) | 221 (38·1) | 75,546 (32·1) |
| Current | 24,208 (10·3) | 59 (10·1) | 24,149 (10·3) |
| Past or current cancer | |||
| Yes | 13,957 (5·9) | 39 (6·7) | 13,918 (5·9) |
| Co-morbidities | |||
| Yes | 162,290 (68·9) | 438 (75·5) | 161,852 (68·9) |
| Shift or health worker | |||
| Neither | 193,134 (81·5) | 375 (64·7) | 192,759 (82.0) |
| Shift worker | 38,738 (16·9) | 183 (31.6) | 38,555 (16·4) |
| Health worker | 3193 (1·4) | 13 (2·2) | 3180 (1·4) |
| Both | 620 (0·3) | 9 (1·6) | 611 (0·3) |
Values reported are mean (SD) or N (%)
Co-morbidities: yes/no; one or more medical condition(s): i.e. cardiovascular, respiratory, renal, neurology, musculoskeletal, haematology, gynaecology, immunology, infection
Townsend score: a composite measure of deprivation based on unemployment, non-car ownership, non-home ownership, and household overcrowding; negative values represent less deprivation