Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of the cancer cohort and control population
|
Cancer cohort |
Control population |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All (n=1 712 728) | PCR positive (n=56 102) | PCR negative (n=1 656 626) | All (n=75 686 290) | PCR positive (n=5 808 432) | PCR negative (n=69 877 858) | ||
| Age, years | 69 (58–78) | 68 (56–77) | 69 (58–78) | 45 (29–61) | 34 (20–51) | 46 (30–62) | |
| Sex | |||||||
| Female | 862 169 (50·34%) | 27 266 (48·60%) | 834 903 (50·40%) | 45 991 583 (60·77%) | 3 033 061 (52·22%) | 42 958 522 (61·48%) | |
| Male | 850 559 (49·66%) | 28 836 (51·40%) | 821 723 (49·60%) | 29 637 195 (39·16%) | 2 775 160 (47·78%) | 26 862 035 (38·44%) | |
| Other or unknown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 512 (0·08%) | 211 (<0·01%) | 57 301 (0·08%) | |
| Ethnicity | |||||||
| White or White British | 1 533 034 (89·51%) | 47 856 (85·30%) | 1 485 178 (89·65%) | 55 551 500 (73·40%) | 2 869 777 (49·41%) | 52 681 723 (75·39%) | |
| Asian or Asian British | 70 859 (4·14%) | 3245 (5·78%) | 67 614 (4·08%) | 5 022 431 (6·64%) | 359 812 (6·19%) | 4 662 619 (6·67%) | |
| Black or Black British | 50 063 (2·92%) | 2051 (3·66%) | 48 012 (2·90%) | 2 611 003 (3·45%) | 102 911 (1·77%) | 2 508 092 (3·59%) | |
| Mixed or other ethnic group | 15 885 (0·93%) | 617 (1·10%) | 15 268 (0·92%) | 1 267 826 (1·68%) | 55 454 (0·95%) | 1 212 372 (1·73%) | |
| Unknown | 42 887 (2·50%) | 2333 (4·16%) | 40 554 (2·45%) | 11 233 530 (14·84%) | 2 420 478 (41·67%) | 8 813 052 (12·61%) | |
| Index of Multiple Deprivation | |||||||
| 1 | 129 287 (7·55%) | 4280 (7·63%) | 125 007 (7·55%) | 5 735 964 (7·58%) | 364 776 (6·28%) | 5 371 188 (7·69%) | |
| 2 | 134 427 (7·85%) | 4390 (7·83%) | 130 037 (7·85%) | 6 073 257 (8·02%) | 388 336 (6·69%) | 5 684 921 (8·14%) | |
| 3 | 143 823 (8·40%) | 4715 (8·40%) | 139 108 (8·40%) | 6 252 170 (8·26%) | 396 746 (6·83%) | 5 855 424 (8·38%) | |
| 4 | 151 891 (8·87%) | 4339 (7·73%) | 147 552 (8·91%) | 6 351 129 (8·39%) | 391 737 (6·74%) | 5 959 392 (8·53%) | |
| 5 | 157 359 (9·19%) | 4106 (7·32%) | 153 253 (9·25%) | 6 296 906 (8·32%) | 382 963 (6·59%) | 5 913 943 (8·46%) | |
| 6 | 163 835 (9·57%) | 4371 (7·79%) | 159 464 (9·63%) | 6 319 149 (8·35%) | 380 069 (6·54%) | 5 939 080 (8·50%) | |
| 7 | 168 024 (9·81%) | 4450 (7·93%) | 163 574 (9·87%) | 6 103 357 (8·06%) | 369 624 (6·36%) | 5 733 733 (8·21%) | |
| 8 | 166 879 (9·74%) | 4178 (7·45%) | 162 701 (9·82%) | 6 102 705 (8·06%) | 377 014 (6·49%) | 5 725 691 (8·19%) | |
| 9 | 168 813 (9·86%) | 4178 (7·45%) | 164 635 (9·94%) | 5 958 016 (7·87%) | 368 232 (6·34%) | 5 589 784 (8·00%) | |
| 10 | 160 864 (9·39%) | 3913 (6·97%) | 156 951 (9·47%) | 5 731 492 (7·57%) | 350 993 (6·04%) | 5 380 499 (7·70%) | |
| Unknown | 167 526 (9·78%) | 13 182 (23·50%) | 154 344 (9·32%) | 14 762 145 (19·50%) | 2 037 942 (35·09%) | 12 724 203 (18·21%) | |
Data are median (IQR) or n (%).