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. 2022 Oct 13;21:208. doi: 10.1186/s12933-022-01644-z

Table 1.

Descriptions of baseline characteristics for the participants and by their metabolic status

Total
(n = 119,424)
MUO
(n = 92,195)
MHO
(n = 27,229)
P-value
Age, mean (SD), y 56.7 (7.9) 57.9 (7.5) 52.8 (7.8) < 0.01
Male, n (%) 55,958 (46.9) 45,845 (49.7) 10,113 (37.1) < 0.01
Body mass index, mean (SD), kg/m2 33.9 (3.9) 34.1 (4.0) 33.3 (3.3) < 0.01
Physical activity, n (%)
No MVPA 18,225 (15.3) 14,362 (15.6) 3,893 (14.3) < 0.01
Low PA 26,229 (22.0) 19,871 (21.6) 6,358 (23.4) < 0.01
Medium PA 14,426 (12.1) 10,996 (11.9) 3,430 (12.6) < 0.01
High PA 32,982 (27.6) 25,226 (27.4) 7,756 (28.5) < 0.01
Smoking status, n (%)
Current smoker 11,659 (9.8) 8,418 (9.1) 3,241 (11.9) < 0.01
Previous smoker 46,109 (38.6) 37,097 (40.2) 9,012 (33.1) < 0.01
Never 60,883 (51.0) 46,067 (50.0) 14,816 (54.4) < 0.01
Alcohol drinking status, n (%)
Current drinker 106,901 (89.5) 82,320 (89.3) 24,581 (90.3) < 0.01
Previous drinker 5,461 (4.6) 4,353 (4.7) 1,108 (4.1) < 0.01
Never 6,689 (5.6) 5,231 (5.7) 1,458 (5.4) < 0.01
Employment status, n (%)
Unemployment 9,075 (7.6) 7,366 (8.0) 1,709 (6.3) < 0.01
Retired 39,431 (33.0) 34,485 (37.4) 4,946 (18.2) < 0.01
Employed in night shift work 3,170 (2.7) 2,220 (2.4) 950 (3.5) < 0.01
Employed in day shift work 5,063 (4.2) 3,571 (3.9) 1,492 (5.5) < 0.01
Employed not in shift work 57,398 (48.1) 40,812 (44.3) 16,586 (60.9) < 0.01
Income, n (%)
< £ 18,000 27,955 (23.4) 23,026 (25.0) 4,929 (18.1) < 0.01
£ 18,000 - £ 30,999 26,288 (22.0) 20,670 (22.4) 5,618 (20.6) < 0.01
£ 31,000 - £ 51,999 24,859 (20.8) 18,304 (19.9) 6,555 (24.1) < 0.01
£ 52,000 - £ 100,000 17,086 (14.3) 11,957 (13.0) 5,129 (18.8) < 0.01
> £ 100,000 3,610 (3.0) 2,521 (2.7) 1,089 (4.0) < 0.01
Healthy sleep score, n (%)
0 - 1 7,307 (6.1) 5,869 (6.4) 1,438 (5.3) < 0.01
2 - 3 61,100 (51.2) 47,683 (51.7) 13,417 (49.3) < 0.01
4 - 5 51,017 (42.7) 38,643 (41.9) 12,374 (45.4) < 0.01
TDI, mean (SD) -0.8 (3.3) -0.8 (3.3) -0.8 (3.3) 0.39
Vegetable and fruit intake, mean (SD) 4.6 (3.1) 4.6 (3.0) 4.6 (3.2) 0.8
Sedentary behavior, mean (SD), hour/day 5.6 (2.7) 5.6 (2.7) 5.4 (2.7) < 0.01
Mental health issue, n (%) 45,200 (37.8) 34,389 (37.3) 10,811 (39.7) < 0.01
Cardiovascular disease, n (%) 12,077 (10.1) 9,909 (10.7) 2,168 (8.0) < 0.01
Diabetes, n (%) 16,249 (13.6) 16,249 (17.6) -* -*
Hypertension, n (%) 87,339 (73.1) 87,339 (94.7) -* -*
Hypercholesterolemia, n (%) 33,865 (28.4) 33,865 (36.7) -* -*

MUO, metabolically unhealthy obesity; MHO, metabolically healthy obesity; MVPA, moderate-to-vigorous physical activity; PA, physical activity; TDI, Townsend deprivation index

* Not available