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Table 1 Observational outcome-wide analysis analytic sample descriptive characteristics

From: Childhood maltreatment and health in the UK Biobank: triangulation of outcome-wide and polygenic risk score analyses

Covariate

Categorical count of maltreatment types

0 (N = 119,893)

1 (N = 25,030)

2 (N = 7924)

3 (N = 3150)

4–5 (N = 1319)

Total (N = 157,316)

Sex

 Female

65,921 (55.0%)

14,989 (59.9%)

5044 (63.7%)

2135 (67.8%)

984 (74.6%)

89,073 (56.6%)

 Male

53,972 (45.0%)

10,041 (40.1%)

2880 (36.3%)

1015 (32.2%)

335 (25.4%)

68,243 (43.4%)

Maternal smoking around birth

N missing

14,823

3290

1095

461

222

19,891

 No

76,842 (73.1%)

14,608 (67.2%)

4331 (63.4%)

1584 (58.9%)

572 (52.1%)

97,937 (71.3%)

 Yes

28,228 (26.9%)

7132 (32.8%)

2498 (36.6%)

1105 (41.1%)

525 (47.9%)

39,488 (28.7%)

Ethnicity

N missing

342

91

45

16

4

498

 White

116,982 (97.9%)

23,864 (95.7%)

7340 (93.2%)

2889 (92.2%)

1184 (90.0%)

152,259 (97.1%)

 Mixed

461 (0.4%)

188 (0.8%)

91 (1.2%)

46 (1.5%)

43 (3.3%)

829 (0.5%)

 Asian

1010 (0.8%)

428 (1.7%)

174 (2.2%)

68 (2.2%)

24 (1.8%)

1704 (1.1%)

 Black

573 (0.5%)

264 (1.1%)

176 (2.2%)

94 (3.0%)

42 (3.2%)

1149 (0.7%)

 Other

525 (0.4%)

195 (0.8%)

98 (1.2%)

37 (1.2%)

22 (1.7%)

877 (0.6%)

Country of birth

N missing

66

23

12

3

1

105

 Not born in the UK

7674 (6.4%)

2291 (9.2%)

877 (11.1%)

361 (11.5%)

148 (11.2%)

11,351 (7.2%)

 Born in the UK

112,153 (93.6%)

22,716 (90.8%)

7035 (88.9%)

2786 (88.5%)

1170 (88.8%)

145,860 (92.8%)

Breastfed as a baby

N missing

22,721

4941

1630

714

361

30,367

 No

24,931 (25.7%)

5481 (27.3%)

1965 (31.2%)

861 (35.3%)

355 (37.1%)

33,593 (26.5%)

 Yes

72,241 (74.3%)

14,608 (72.7%)

4329 (68.8%)

1575 (64.7%)

603 (62.9%)

93,356 (73.5%)

Age at enrollment

 Mean (SD)

56.2 (7.7)

55.5 (7.8)

54.6 (7.8)

54.1 (7.7)

53.9 (7.8)

55.9 (7.7)

 Range

38–72

40–70

39–72

40–70

40–70

38–72

Age at Mental Health Questionnaire

 Mean (SD)

63.3 (7.7)

62.6 (7.8)

61.6 (7.8)

61.2 (7.7)

60.9 (7.8)

63.0 (7.7)

 Range

45–80

45–79

46–79

46–78

46–78

45–80

Part of multiple birth

N missing

1479

415

179

91

60

2224

 Single birth

116,126 (98.1%)

24,083 (97.8%)

7560 (97.6%)

2980 (97.4%)

1221 (97.0%)

151,970 (98.0%)

 Multiple birth

2288 (1.9%)

532 (2.2%)

185 (2.4%)

79 (2.6%)

38 (3.0%)

3122 (2.0%)

Number of siblings

N missing

270

85

34

16

8

413

 Mean (SD)

1.9 (1.6)

2.2 (1.8)

2.5 (2.1)

2.6 (2.1)

2.9 (2.4)

2.0 (1.7)

 Range

0–25

0–22

0–32

0–15

0–15

0–32

Birthweight, kg

N missing

47,358

10,183

3184

1352

620

62,697

 Mean (SD)

3.35 (0.61)

3.34 (0.64)

3.32 (0.67)

3.33 (0.67)

3.25 (0.74)

3.34 (0.62)

 Range

0.48–9.00

0.45–6.35

0.91–10.00

0.68–6.46

0.88–6.35

0.45–10.00

Maternal severe depression

N missing

3175

1001

536

264

171

5147

 No

109,876 (94.1%)

21,895 (91.1%)

6533 (88.4%)

2457 (85.1%)

947 (82.5%)

141,708 (93.1%)

 Yes

6842 (5.9%)

2134 (8.9%)

855 (11.6%)

429 (14.9%)

201 (17.5%)

10,461 (6.9%)

  1. UK United Kingdom, SD standard deviation