Table 1 Participant characteristics

Total n

37,237

9108

9337

9428

9364

Age, years, mean (SD)

56.41 (7.76)

58.65 (7.38)

56.98 (7.67)

55.76 (7.70)

54.32 (7.64)

Male

16,907 (45.4)

4999 (54.9)

4264 (45.7)

4020 (42.6)

3624 (38.7)

Non-White ethnicity

1042 ( 2.8)

244 ( 2.7)

242 ( 2.6)

246 ( 2.6)

310 ( 3.3)

Deprivation index, mean (SD)

−1.84 (2.71)

−1.65 (2.83)

−1.88 (2.69)

−1.95 (2.63)

−1.86 (2.68)

College or university degree

16,103 (43.2)

3715 (40.8)

4159 (44.5)

4226 (44.8)

4003 (42.7)

PA volume^a, mg, mean (SD)

28.00 (7.82)

19.07 (3.10)

24.97 (2.24)

29.73 (2.96)

37.98 (5.51)

LPA, minutes/week, mean (SD)

2052.94 (434.05)

1588.98 (272.07)

1955.66 (248.11)

2185.81 (284.27)

2467.46 (355.04)

MPA, minutes/week, mean (SD)

483.34 (233.67)

251.44 (102.00)

395.58 (105.36)

520.75 (122.31)

758.76 (208.86)

VPA, minutes/week, mean (SD)

31.48 (37.79)

10.96 (15.23)

21.56 (23.48)

33.11 (32.28)

59.70 (50.47)

Sleep duration, hours/day, mean (SD)

7.18 (0.96)

7.24 (1.04)

7.19 (0.95)

7.17 (0.93)

7.12 (0.90)

 Never

21,642 (58.1)

4886 (53.6)

5448 (58.3)

5610 (59.5)

5698 (60.9)

 Previous

13,237 (35.5)

3469 (38.1)

3317 (35.5)

3301 (35.0)

3150 (33.6)

 Current

2358 (6.3)

753 (8.3)

572 (6.1)

517 (5.5)

516 (5.5)

Alcohol intake, units/week, mean (SD)

15.98 (16.00)

16.24 (17.11)

16.22 (16.30)

15.80 (15.14)

15.65 (15.42)

Fruits/vegetable intake, portions/week, mean (SD)

4.21 (2.25)

3.93 (2.16)

4.10 (2.14)

4.25 (2.23)

4.53 (2.41)

Red meat intake, portions/week, mean (SD)

2.06 (1.38)

2.18 (1.40)

2.09 (1.38)

2.02 (1.34)

1.95 (1.38)

Processed meat intake, times/week, mean (SD)

2.80 (1.05)

2.91 (1.05)

2.81 (1.04)

2.77 (1.05)

2.71 (1.07)

Oily fish intake, times/week, mean (SD)

2.66 (0.90)

2.65 (0.89)

2.67 (0.90)

2.66 (0.88)

2.65 (0.91)

BMI, kg/m², mean (SD)

26.70 (4.44)

28.37 (5.04)

26.94 (4.27)

26.25 (4.00)

25.28 (3.79)

Longstanding illnesses

10,137 (27.2)

3359 (36.9)

2610 (28.0)

2203 (23.4)

1965 (21.0)