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. 2022 Nov 22;4(4):658–674. doi: 10.3390/clockssleep4040050

Table 1.

Demographics, Health, and Sleep Characteristics of the Study Sample.

Sample Size % or Mean (SD)
Sociodemographic variables
Age (years) 79,161 56.55 (7.79)
Sex 79,161
  Female 45,353 57.3%
  Male 33,808 42.7%
Townsend Deprivation Score 79,072 −1.82 (2.77)
  Quintile 1 15,859 −4.83 (0.55)
  Quintile 2 15,767 −3.59 (0.30)
  Quintile 3 15,813 −2.50 (0.34)
  Quintile 4 15,819 −0.87 (0.64)
  Quintile 5 15,814 2.71 (1.82)
Ethnicity 78,944
  White 76,840 97.3%
  Mixed 391 0.5%
  Asian 657 0.8%
  Black 507 0.6%
  Chinese 174 0.2%
  Other 375 0.5%
Work Status 79,161
  Working 46,438 58.7%
  Not working 32,723 41.3%
Health-related Variables
BMI (kg/m2) 79,161 26.61 (4.46)
Smoker: 78,991
  Yes 5037 6.4%
  No 73,954 93.6%
Alcohol: 79,128
  Never 4304 5.4
  Special occasions only 7297 9.2
  1–3 times pm 8377 10.6
  1–2 times pw 19,669 24.9
  3–4 times pw 20,936 26.5
  Daily/Almost daily 18,545 23.4
Physical Activity(MET/h) 77,576 35.91 (35.66)
Sedentary time (h/week) 79,105 4.89 (2.13)
Diabetes mellitus Disgnosis 2697 3.4%
HbA1c (mmol/mol) 74,106 35.39 (5.50)
Systolic blood pressure (mm hg) 75,537 138.76 (19.34)
Diastolic blood pressure (mm hg) 75,538 81.58 (10.56)
Sleep-related variables
Sleep Offest on Weekdays (hh:mm)
Sleep Offset on Weekends (hh:mm)
Actual Weekday-Weekend Difference (h:mm)
79,161
79,161
79,161
07:03 (01:02)
07:37 (01:11)
00:34 (01:13)
Absolute Weekday-Weekend Difference (h:mm) 79,161 1:03 (00:50)
Self-Reported Sleep Duration (h:mm) 78,992 7:11 (00:58)