Table 1 Cohort baseline characteristics

n

143,460 (32.8%)

187,563 (42.9%)

106,370 (24.3%)

437,393

Age, mean (SD)

55.4 (8.22)

56.7 (8.07)

56.6 (7.90)

56.3 (8.10)

 Females

92,922 (64.8%)

87,097 (46.4%)

55,246 (51.9%)

235,265 (53.8%)

 Males

50,538 (35.2%)

100,466 (53.6%)

51,124 (48.1%)

202,128 (46.2%)

 Lower deprivation

51,511 (35.9%)

65,530 (34.9%)

30,740 (28.9%)

147,781 (33.8%)

 Middle deprivation

48,183 (33.6%)

63,918 (34.1%)

34,366 (32.3%)

146,467 (33.5%)

 Higher deprivation

43,766 (30.5%)

58,115 (31.0%)

41,264 (38.8%)

143,145 (32.7%)

 College or University degree

64,263 (44.8%)

69,351 (37.0%)

32,442 (30.5%)

166,056 (38.0%)

 A levels/AS levels or equivalent

17,455 (12.2%)

20,738 (11.1%)

11,116 (10.5%)

49,309 (11.3%)

 O levels/GCSEs or equivalent

29,336 (20.4%)

40,223 (21.4%)

23,510 (22.1%)

93,069 (21.3%)

 SEs or equivalent/NVQ or HND or HNC or equivalent

13,885 (9.7%)

23,548 (12.6%)

15,352 (14.4%)

52,785 (12.1%)

 Missing

18,521 (12.9%)

33,703 (18.0%)

23,950 (22.5%)

76,174 (17.4%)

 White

136,331 (95.0%)

177,574 (94.7%)

99,866 (93.9%)

413,771 (94.6%)

 Mixed

2101 (1.5%)

2703 (1.4%)

1741 (1.6%)

6545 (1.5%)

 South Asian

2830 (2.0%)

3965 (2.1%)

1869 (1.8%)

8664 (2.0%)

 Black

1327 (0.9%)

2905 (1.5%)

2813 (2.6%)

7045 (1.6%)

 Chinese

871 (0.6%)

416 (0.2%)

81 (0.1%)

1368 (0.3%)

 Height (m), mean (SD)

1.68 (0.08)

1.69 (0.09)

1.68 (0.09)

1.69 (0.09)

 Weight (kg), mean (SD)

64.7 (8.47)

78.6 (9.63)

95.9 (14.3)

78.2 (15.8)

 Waist circumference (cm), mean (SD)

78.6 (8.10)

91.0 (8.36)

105 (11.0)

90.3 (13.3)

 Body mass index (kg/m²), mean (SD)

22.9 (1.53)

27.3 (1.40)

33.9 (3.83)

27.4 (4.71)

 Never

85,608 (59.7%)

101,285 (54.0%)

54,809 (51.5%)

241,702 (55.3%)

 Previous

41,891 (29.2%)

67,116 (35.8%)

41,239 (38.8%)

150,246 (34.4%)

 Current

15,961 (11.1%)

19,162 (10.2%)

10,322 (9.7%)

45,445 (10.4%)

 Daily or almost daily

32,389 (22.6%)

40,452 (21.6%)

16,463 (15.5%)

89,304 (20.4%)

 3–4 times a week

35,702 (24.9%)

46,235 (24.7%)

20,550 (19.3%)

10,2487 (23.4%)

 Once or twice a week

36,313 (25.3%)

49,273 (26.3%)

28,077 (26.4%)

113,663 (26.0%)

 1–3 times a month

14,853 (10.4%)

19,717 (10.5%)

14,346 (13.5%)

48,916 (11.2%)

 Special occasions only

14,027 (9.8%)

18,826 (10.0%)

16,405 (15.4%)

49,258 (11.3%)

 Never

10,176 (7.1%)

13,060 (7.0%)

10,529 (9.9%)

33,765 (7.7%)

 Fruit and vegetable intake (portion/day), mean (SD)

2.01 (0.825)

1.95 (0.827)

1.94 (0.832)

1.97 (0.828)

 Red meat (portion/week), mean (SD)

1.93 (1.38)

2.14 (1.42)

2.28 (1.53)

2.11 (1.44)

 Processed meat (portion/week), mean (SD)

1.69 (1.08)

1.92 (1.04)

2.03 (1.04)

1.87 (1.06)

 Oily fish (portion/week), mean (SD)

1.65 (0.919)

1.65 (0.921)

1.59 (0.946)

1.64 (0.927)

 Sedentary time (hours/day), mean (SD)

4.48 (2.03)

5.12 (2.22)

5.64 (2.51)

5.03 (2.28)

 Physical activity (hours/day), mean (SD)

1.62 (1.44)

1.76 (1.58)

2.22 (2.00)

1.83 (1.67)

 Diabetes at baseline

2398 (1.7%)

7325 (3.9%)

11,485 (10.8%)

21,208 (4.8%)

 Hypertension at baseline

20,636 (14.4%)

48,570 (25.9%)

44,758 (42.1%)

11,3964 (26.1%)