Table 3 Unadjusted and adjusted differences in age at disease diagnoses in different ethnic groups using White ethnicity as the reference group, data from UK Biobank

 White

888 (87.4)

49.8 (14.7)

Ref.

Ref.

 Mixed-race/Other

31 (3.1)

42.4 (12.6)

− 7.34

0.00

− 11.83

− 2.85

− 6.34

0.01

− 10.89

− 1.80

 African-Caribbean

60 (5.9)

43.8 (13.8)

− 5.99

0.00

− 9.60

− 2.39

− 5.53

<0.01

− 9.23

− 1.84

 South Asian

37 (3.6)

46.2 (14.5)

− 3.60

0.14

− 8.33

1.14

− 3.31

0.17

− 8.01

1.39

 White

1016 (87.4)

48.7 (15.9)

Ref.

Ref.

 Mixed/other

35 (3.0)

50.2 (15.9)

1.52

0.57

− 3.78

6.83

0.80

0.76

− 4.37

5.97

 African-Caribbean

24 (2.1)

51.3 (10.8)

2.63

0.24

− 1.72

6.98

1.96

0.39

− 2.53

6.44

 South Asian

88 (7.6)

46.0 (14.5)

− 2.67

0.10

− 5.84

0.50

− 2.90

0.07

− 6.04

0.24

 White

11,173 (94.2)

55.7 (15.2)

Ref.

Ref.

 Mixed-race/Other

190 (1.6)

53.6 (14.9)

− 2.09

0.06

− 4.22

0.05

− 1.32

0.23

− 3.45

0.82

 African-Caribbean

206 (1.7)

54.5 (13.8)

− 1.17

0.23

− 3.06

0.73

− 0.55

0.58

− 2.48

1.38

 South Asian

296 (2.5)

54.1 (13.1)

− 1.56

0.04

− 3.07

− 0.04

− 1.31

0.09

− 2.84

0.21

 White

14,466 (96.7)

45.1 (19.5)

 Mixed-race/Other

185 (1.2)

46.0 (15.7)

0.92

0.43

− 1.36

3.20

1.26

0.28

− 1.03

3.54

 African-Caribbean

55 (0.4)

48.6 (15.1)

3.50

0.08

− 0.48

7.48

3.23

0.11

− 0.77

7.23

 South Asian

260 (1.7)

48.6 (15.6)

3.49

0.00

1.56

5.41

3.32

<0.01

1.38

5.26

 White

3334 (93.6)

56.9 (12.7)

Ref.

Ref.

 Mixed-race/Other

24 (0.7)

52.0 (14.2)

− 4.81

0.09

− 10.40

0.78

− 3.73

0.15

− 8.86

1.41

 African-Caribbean

28 (0.8)

54.7 (12.7)

− 2.14

0.37

− 6.79

2.51

− 2.10

0.32

− 6.23

2.02

 South Asian

175 (4.9)

56.0 (11.5)

− 0.81

0.37

− 2.56

0.94

− 1.60

0.06

− 3.26

0.07

 White

465 (95.3)

57.3 (15.8)

Ref.

Ref.

 Mixed-race/Other

9 (1.8)

55.8 (6.0)

− 1.56

0.44

− 5.53

2.41

− 3.61

0.11

− 8.00

0.78

 African-Caribbean

10 (2.0)

51.6 (10.2)

− 5.74

0.07

− 11.95

0.48

− 3.54

0.20

− 9.01

1.93

 South Asian

4 (0.8)

62.8 (9.7)

5.41

0.21

− 3.03

13.86

5.93

0.32

− 5.81

17.67

 White

7252 (95.7)

48.9 (16.8)

Ref

Ref

 Mixed-race/Other

102 (1.4)

50.2 (16.0)

1.27

0.43

− 1.85

4.38

1.18

0.46

− 1.91

4.27

 African-Caribbean

58 (0.8)

50.6 (13.4)

1.64

0.35

− 1.81

5.09

0.90

0.62

− 2.63

4.42

 South Asian

163 (2.2)

49.2 (15.1)

0.26

0.83

− 2.08

2.61

− 0.03

0.98

− 2.39

2.34

 White

4609 (97.3)

56.3 (13.8)

Ref.

Ref.

 Mixed-race/Other

50 (1.1)

53.3 (11.2)

− 3.01

0.06

− 6.11

0.10

− 3.01

0.06

− 6.17

0.14

 African-Caribbean

29 (0.6)

49.5 (15.5)

− 6.75

0.02

− 12.32

− 1.18

− 7.07

0.01

− 12.66

− 1.47

 South Asian

51 (1.1)

52.2 (11.5)

− 4.03

0.01

− 7.18

− 0.88

− 4.31

0.01

− 7.45

− 1.16

 White

2410 (97.9)

44.7 (12.5)

Ref.

Ref.

 Mixed-race/Other

25 (1.0)

42.6 (9.5)

− 2.08

0.27

− 5.77

1.60

− 2.32

0.21

− 5.98

1.34

 African-Caribbean

18 (0.7)

45.2 (9.1)

0.54

0.80

− 3.60

4.68

0.29

0.89

− 3.66

4.23

 South Asian

10 (0.4)

51.3 (18.0)

6.62

0.22

− 3.97

17.20

7.00

0.19

− 3.55

17.55

 White

1015 (93.4)

64.4 (9.0)

Ref.

Ref.

 Mixed-race/Other

6 (0.6)

63.7 (7.4)

− 0.71

0.80

− 6.18

4.75

− 0.32

0.91

− 5.73

5.09

 African-Caribbean

27 (2.3)

57.6 (10.1)

− 6.75

0.00

− 10.54

− 2.97

− 5.76

<0.01

− 9.54

− 1.99

 South Asian

39 (3.6)

63.5 (9.3)

− 0.84

0.58

− 3.79

2.11

− 0.40

0.80

− 3.40

2.61

 White

42,664 (95.4)

50.0 (17.4)

Ref.

Ref.

 Mixed-race/Other

611 (1.4)

49.4 (15.2)

− 0.60

0.33

− 1.82

0.62

− 0.40

0.52

− 1.62

0.81

 African-Caribbean

459 (1.0)

50.8 (14.2)

0.79

0.24

− 0.52

2.09

0.58

0.39

− 0.73

1.88

 South Asian

1009 (2.3)

51.0 (14.5)

0.97

0.04

0.06

1.88

0.92

0.05

0.01

1.83