Table 1 Description of the UK-REACH cohort — results from the baseline questionnaire
Variable | Description Total n = 12,100 |
|---|---|
Age in years, median (IQR) | 45 (34–54) |
Missing | 62 (0.5) |
Sex | |
Male | 2876 (23.8) |
Female | 9199 (76.0) |
Missing | 25 (0.2) |
Ethnicity and migration status | |
White UK-born | 7444 (61.5) |
White overseas-born | 1048 (8.7) |
Asian UK-born | 834 (6.9) |
Asian overseas-born | 1492 (12.3) |
Black UK-born | 152 (1.3) |
Black overseas-born | 369 (3.1) |
Mixed UK-born | 383 (3.2) |
Mixed overseas-born | 130 (1.1) |
Other UK-born | 45 (0.4) |
Other overseas-born | 203 (1.7) |
Occupation | |
Medical | 2745 (22.7) |
Nursing | 2489 (20.6) |
Allied Health Professionala | 5057 (41.8) |
Dental | 734 (6.1) |
Admin/estates/other | 642 (5.3) |
Missing | 433 (3.6) |
Index of multiple deprivation quintile | |
1 (most deprived) | 1063 (8.8) |
2 | 1758 (14.5) |
3 | 2204 (18.2) |
4 | 2593 (21.4) |
5 (least deprived) | 3064 (25.3) |
Missing | 1418 (11.7) |
Body mass index (kg/m2)b | |
Underweight | 151 (1.3) |
Healthy weight | 4512 (37.3) |
Overweight | 3645 (30.1) |
Obesity class 1 | 1678 (13.9) |
Obesity class 2 | 604 (5.0) |
Obesity class 3 | 323 (2.7) |
Missing | 1187 (9.8) |
Physical activity index | |
Active | 3993 (33.0) |
Moderately active | 2568 (21.2) |
Moderately inactive | 2567 (21.2) |
Inactive | 2407 (19.9) |
Missing | 565 (4.7) |
Smoking status | |
Never smoker | 8736 (72.2) |
Ex-smoker | 2659 (22.0) |
Current smoker | 599 (5.0) |
Missing | 106 (0.9) |
Units of alcohol per week | |
None | 5007 (41.4) |
1–7 | 3838 (31.7) |
8–14 | 1835 (15.2) |
15–21 | 824 (6.8) |
>28 | 536 (4.4) |
Missing | 60 (0.5) |