Table 1 Descriptive statistics of the health outcomes and early-life exposures

Outcomes (age)

N = 7951

%

 Multimorbidity (46–48)*

33.8 (32.6, 35.0)

 Chronic fatigue syndrome (46–48)

1.5 (1.2, 1.7)

 Arthritis (46–48)

7.7 (7.1, 8.3)

 Stroke (46–48)

0.5 (0.4, 0.7)

 Heart problems (46–48)

3.0 (2.6, 3.4)

 Eyes problems (46–48)

4.9 (4.5, 5.4)

 Hearing problems (46–48)

5.8 (5.2, 6.3)

 Recurrent back problems (46–48)

20.9 (20.0, 21.8)

 Drinking problems (46–48)

26.3 (25.3, 27.4)

 Hypertension (46–48)

15.7 (14.8, 16.6)

 Diabetes (46–48)

4.7 (4.1, 5.2)

 Mental health morbidity (46–48)

19.1 (18.3, 20.0)

 Asthma/bronchitis (46–48)

11.6 (10.9, 12.3)

 Convulsion, fit, epileptic seizure (46–48)

1.1 (0.8, 1.3)

 Cancer or leukaemia (46–48)

1.6 (1.4, 1.8)

Mean (standard error)

Mean number of conditions (46–48)

1.24 (0.02)

Systolic blood pressure, mmHg (46–48)

125.39 (0.19)

Diastolic blood pressure, mmHg (46–48)

77.73 (0.13)

HbA1C, % (46–48)

5.59 (0.01)

Malaise Inventory (46–48)

1.76 (2.12)

AUDIT-PC (46–48)

3.88 (2.58)

Exposures (age)

Mean (standard error)

 Birthweight (0)

3.31 (0.01)

 Cognitive ability (10)

0.16 (0.01)

 Body mass index (10)

16.9 (0.03)

 Internalising problems (16)

0.93 (0.02)

 Externalising problems (16)

0.68 (0.02)

%

 I – professional

6.1

 II – managerial and technical

13.8

 III – skilled non-manual/manual

60.8

 IV – partly-skilled

13.9

 V – unskilled

5.5