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Table 1 Baseline characteristics

From: Determinants and extent of weight recording in UK primary care: an analysis of 5 million adults’ electronic health records from 2000 to 2017

Characteristic

N/mean

% of total (% of non-missing)/SD

Male

2,287,850

46.51%

Age (years)

42.09

19.22

Body mass index

 Underweight

76,912

1.56% (3.03%)

 Normal

1,223,523

24.87% (48.21%)

 Overweight

816,364

16.60% (32.16%)

 Obese

292,391

5.94% (11.52%)

 Severely obese

128,872

2.62% (5.08%)

 Unknown

2,380,684

48.41% (−)

Smoking status

 Non-smoker

1,872,051

38.06% (58.93%)

 Current smoker

848,082

17.24% (26.70%)

 Ex-smoker

456,338

9.28% (14.37%)

 Unknown

1,742,275

35.42% (−)

Alcohol intake

 Non-drinker

631,693

12.84% (24.44%)

 Drinker

1,952,790

39.70% (75.56%)

 Unknown

2,334,263

47.46% (−)

Number of comorbidities

 0

2,752,156

55.95%

 1

1,189,963

24.19%

 2

531,271

10.80%

 3

247,220

5.03%

 4

112,323

2.28%

 5+

85,813

1.74%

Index of Multiple Deprivation Quintile

 I (least deprived)

1,085,515

22.07% (22.09%)

 II

1,095,121

22.26% (22.29%)

 III

995,658

20.24% (20.26%)

 IV

962,126

19.56% (19.58%)

 V (most deprived)

775,114

15.76% (15.78%)

 Unknown

5212

0.11% (−)

Ethnicity

 White

1,903,113

38.69% (85.20%)

 Indian

64,336

1.31% (2.88%)

 Bangladeshi

10,430

0.21% (0.47%)

 Pakistani

29,563

0.60% (1.32%)

 Chinese

14,982

0.30% (0.67%)

 Other Asian

43,373

0.88% (1.94%)

 Black African

65,379

1.33% (2.93%)

 Black Caribbean

22,525

0.46% (1.01%)

 Other Black

13,209

0.27% (0.59%)

 Mixed race

40,550

0.82% (1.82%)

 Other

26,184

0.53% (1.17%)

 Unknown

2,685,102

54.6% (−)

Total patients

4,918,746