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Table 2 Characteristics of the UK Biobanking population for the subjective physical activity measurement dataset (n = 105705) and the Objective Physical Activity Measurement dataset (n = 42006)

From: Optimal lifestyle patterns for delaying ageing and reducing all-cause mortality: insights from the UK Biobank

 

Subjective physical activity dataset (N = 105705)

Objective physical activity dataset (N = 42006)

Age (mean (SD))

55.69 (7.95)

55.95 (7.79)

Sex = Male (%)

49,312 (46.7)

18,291 (43.5)

Townsend deprivation index (mean (SD))

-1.69 (2.80)

-1.80 (2.75)

E-DII group a (%)

 

 Pro-inflammatory

9475 (9.0)

3392 (8.1)

 Neutral

79,580 (75.3)

32,579 (77.6)

 Anti-inflammatory

16,650 (15.8)

6035 (14.4)

Physical activity group b (%)

 

 Low

16,238 (15.4)

13,592 (32.4)

 Medium

57,939 (54.8)

14,207 (33.8)

 High

31,528 (29.8)

14,207 (33.8)

Sleep group c (%)

 

 Unhealthy

37,717 (35.7)

14,333 (34.1)

 Healthy

67,988 (64.3)

27,673 (65.9)

Race (%)

  

 Asian or Asian British

1379 (1.3)

352 (0.8)

 Black or Black British

940 (0.9)

280 (0.7)

 Chinese

296 (0.3)

84 (0.2)

 White

101,534 (96.1)

40,736 (97.0)

 Mixed

588 (0.6)

224 (0.5)

 Other ethnic

968 (0.9)

330 (0.8)

Employment status (%)

 Work

61,027 (57.7)

23,819 (56.7)

 Retired

28,816 (27.3)

11,681 (27.8)

 Other

15,862 (15.0)

6506 (15.5)

Qualifications (%)

 Low

75,351 (71.3)

30,045 (71.5)

 Middle

14,141 (13.4)

5538 (13.2)

 High

16,213 (15.3)

6423 (15.3)

Frequency of alcohol consumption (%)

 Never

5898 (5.6)

2182 (5.2)

 Special occasions only

9435 (8.9)

3752 (8.9)

 One to three times a month

11,238 (10.6)

4436 (10.6)

 Once or twice a week

26,287 (24.9)

10,461 (24.9)

 Three or four times a week

27,651 (26.2)

11,204 (26.7)

 Daily or almost daily

25,196 (23.8)

9971 (23.7)

Smoking state (%)

 Current

7871 (7.4)

2673 (6.4)

 Previous

37,612 (35.6)

15,058 (35.8)

 Never

60,222 (57.0)

24,275 (57.8)

BMI group (%)

 

 Underweight

571 (0.5)

261 (0.6)

 Normal

39,854 (37.7)

16,959 (40.4)

 Overweight

44,450 (42.1)

17,087 (40.7)

 Obese

20,830 (19.7)

7699 (18.3)

Chronic disease status d (%)

 Disease-free

47,300 (44.7)

19,211 (45.7)

 Single Disease

23,314 (22.1)

9256 (22.0)

 Multi-disease

35,091 (33.2)

13,539 (32.2)

Homeostatic disorder (mean (SD))

2.14 (0.92)

2.14 (0.89)

KDM age acceleration (mean (SD))

-0.91 (5.73)

-1.18 (5.66)

PhenoAge acceleration (mean (SD))

-0.50 (5.04)

-0.73 (4.93)

Telomere length e (mean (SD))

0.04 (0.99)

0.06 (0.99)

  1. a E-DII: Energy-adjusted dietary inflammation index
  2. b Physical activity group: use the subjective physical activity measurement subgroup in the subjective physical activity dataset and the objective physical activity measurement subgroup in the objective physical activity dataset
  3. c Sleep groups were grouped by sleep assessment scores
  4. d We analysed 36 common chronic conditions in the UK population. Individuals without any of these conditions were categorised as the ‘disease-free’ group, those with one condition were categorised as the ‘single disease’ group, and those with two or more conditions were categorised as the ‘multi-disease’ group
  5. e Technically adjusted leukocyte telomere lengths were both log-transformed to obtain a normal distribution and Z-standardized according to the distribution of all individuals in the UK Biobank for whom telomere length measurements were performed