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Table 1 Sociodemographic, behavioral, and clinical characteristics of the sample. N = 9137. United Kingdom, 2013

From: Multimorbidity and leisure-time physical activity over the life course: a population-based birth cohort study

 

Total, n (%)

Sex, n (%)

p value

Male

Female

Sample, N

   

 0

17,415 (100.0)

9004 (52.5)

8410 (47.5)

 

 7 yr

15,425 (92.3)

7915 (51.3)

7506 (48.7)

 

 11 yr

15,333 (91.6)

7894 (51.4)

7449 (48.6)

 

 16 yr

14,650 (86.8)

7544 (51.5)

7106 (48.5)

 

 23 yr

12,533 (75.3)

6264 (50.0)

6269 (50,0)

 

 33 yr

11,465 (70.9)

5632 (49.1)

5833 (50.9)

 

 42 yr

11,416 (71.0)

5624 (49.3)

5792 (50.7)

 

 50 yr

9787 (61.9)

4819 (49.2)

4968 (50.8)

 

 55 yr

9137 (58.5)

4433 (48.5)

4704 (51.5)

 

Country of Birth

   

0.771

 England

7625 (83.5)

3695 (83.4)

3930 (83.6)

 

 Wales

482 (5.3)

236 (5.3)

246 (5.2)

 

 Scotland

826 (9.0)

396 (8.9)

430 (9.1)

 

 Not in Great Britain

204 (2.2)

106 (2.4)

98 (2.1)

 

Ethnicity, %

   

0.010

 White

8948 (97.9)

4344 (98.0)

4604 (97.9)

 

 Mixed

27 (0.3)

11 (0.2)

16 (0.3)

 

 Indian

33 (0.4)

11 (0.2)

22 (0.5)

 

 Pakistani/Bangladeshi

12 (0.1)

10 (0.3)

2 (0.1)

 

 Black

54 (0.6)

20 (0.5)

34 (0.7)

 

 Other

63 (0.7)

37 (0.8)

26 (0.5)

 

Educational levela (n = 8952), %

   

< 0.001

 No academic qualification

1478 (16.5)

798 (18.4)

680 (14.7)

 

 CSE 2–5 or equivalent

1285 (14.3)

668 (15.4)

617 (13.4)

 

 O Level or equivalent

3021 (33.8)

1373 (31.6)

1648 (35.7)

 

 A level or equivalent

789 (8.8)

382 (8.8)

407 (8.8)

 

 University degree or equivalent

1998 (22.3)

910 (21.0)

1088 (23.6)

 

 Higher degree

381 (4.3)

207 (4.8)

174 (3.8)

 

Marital statusa (n = 9130), %

   

< 0.001

 Married/living with partner

6549 (71.7)

3.260 (73.6)

3.289 (69.9)

 

 Widowed

214 (2.3)

51 (1.2)

163 (3.5)

 

 Divorced/separated

1459 (16.0)

619 (14.0)

840 (17.9)

 

 Single

908 (10.0)

498 (11.2)

410 (8.7)

 

Incomea (£$) (n = 6459), %

   

< 0.001

 1st quintile (poorest)

1293 (20.0)

680 (20.3)

613 (19.7)

 

 2nd quintile

1317 (20.4)

555 (16.6)

762 (24.5)

 

 3rd quintile

1338 (20.7)

655 (19.5)

683 (22.0)

 

 4th quintile

1226 (19.0)

699 (20.9)

527 (16.9)

 

 5th quintile (wealthiest)

1287 (19.9)

761 (22.7)

526 (16.9)

 

BMIa (n = 8483), %

   

< 0.001

 Normal

3041 (35.9)

1.212 (28.7)

1.829 (42.9)

 

 Overweight

3438 (40.5)

1.985 (47.1)

1.453 (34.1)

 

 Obese

2004 (23.6)

1.022 (24.2)

982 (23.0)

 

Number of units of alcohol in last 7 daysa (n = 8766), %

   

< 0.001

 1

1633 (18.1)

970 (22.2)

663 (14.3)

 

 2

2806 (31.1)

1495 (34.2)

1311 (28.2)

 

 3

1372 (15.2)

705 (16.1)

667 (14.3)

 

 4–6

2411 (26.7)

918 (21.0)

1.493 (32.1)

 

 7–8

800 (8.9)

282 (6.5)

518 (11.1)

 

Smokinga (n = 9020), %

   

0.071

 Smoke cigarettes every day

1256 (13.9)

607 (13.9)

649 (14.0)

 

 Smokes occasionally/not everyday

297 (3.3)

141 (3.2)

156 (3.3)

 

 Ex-smoker

2879 (31.9)

1.451 (33.2)

1.428 (30.7)

 

 Never smoked cigarettes

4590 (50.9)

2.170 (49.7)

2.420 (52.0)

 

General health perceptiona (n = 9039), %

   

0.071

 Excellent

1217 (13.5)

599 (13.7)

618 (13.3)

 

 Very good

3095 (34.2)

1531 (35.0)

1564 (33.5)

 

 Good

2915 (32.3)

1410 (32.2)

1505 (32.3)

 

 Fair

1266 (14.0)

605 (13.8)

661 (14.2)

 

 Poor

546 (6.0)

234 (5.3)

312 (6.7)

 
  1. a At age 55. BMI Body mass index; Numbers in bold indicates statistical significance (p < 0.05)