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Table 1 Distribution of socio-demographic characteristics within the total study population and their association with referral into SP, cohort study 1

From: Unravelling the potential of social prescribing in individual-level type 2 diabetes prevention: a mixed-methods realist evaluation

Variables

Total

N 447,360 (%)

Events (SP)

N 15,454 (%)

Rates per 1000 P/Y

RR (95% CI)

P value

RRa (95% CI)

P value

Gender

Male

219,795 (49.1)

5990 (38.8)

7.5 (7.3–7.7)

1

<0.001

1

<0.001

Female

227,498 (50.9)

9462 (61.2)

11.8 (11.5–12.0)

1.57 (1.52–1.62)

1.74 (1.68–1.80)

Missing

67 (0.01)

2 (0.01)

Age

Median (IQR)

33 (28, 42)

43 (33, 57)

Ethnicity

White

184,631 (41.3)

5031 (32.6)

7.5 (7.3–7.7)

1

1

South Asian

93,722 (21.0)

5513 (35.7)

15.5 (15.1–15.9)

2.07 (1.99–2.15)

<0.001

2.27 (2.18–2.36)

<0.001

Chinese

16,191 (3.6)

77 (0.5)

1.4 (1.1–1.8)

0.19 (0.15–0.24)

<0.001

0.25 (0.20–0.32)

<0.001

Black

18,298 (4.1)

1290 (8.4)

19.1 (18.1–20.2)

2.55 (2.40–2.72)

<0.001

2.02 (1.90–2.15)

<0.001

Arab

1931 (0.4)

91 (0.6)

16.6 (13.6–20.4)

2.22 (1.81–2.73)

<0.001

2.54 (2.07–3.13)

<0.001

Mixed/others

23,491 (5.3)

694 (4.5)

9.1 (8.5–9.9)

1.22 (1.23–1.32)

<0.001

1.37 (1.26–1.48)

<0.001

Missing

109,096 (24.4)

2758 (17.9)

IMD quintiles

1st and 2nd (most deprived)

371,964 (83.2)

14,167 (91.7)

10.6 (10.4–10.8)

2.13 (1.98–2.28)

<0.001

2.18 (1.97–2.40)

 

4th and 5th (least deprived)

31,064 (6.9)

462 (3.0)

4.1 (3.6–4.5)

1

1

Missing

3372 (0.8)

15 (0.1)

  1. IMD Index of Multiple Deprivation, IQR interquartile range
  2. aAdjusted by the remaining socio-demographic variables (gender, ethnicity, IMD) and time variables (age, year)