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Table 1 Participant characteristics

From: Association of working shifts, inside and outside of healthcare, with severe COVID−19: an observational study

Characteristic

All (n = 235,685)

Severe covid-19

(hospitalisation or death)

Yes

(n = 580)

No

(n = 235,105)

Age at test (years)

63·8 (7·11)

63·6 (7·70)

63·8 (7·10)

Body mass index (kg/m2)

27·2 (4·68)

28·7 (5·34)

27·2 (4·68)

Townsend score

-1·39 (2·96)

-0·47 (3·39)

-1·39 (2·96)

Sex

 Female

123,127 (52·2)

275 (47·4)

122,852 (52·3)

Ethnicity

 White

226,436 (96·1)

518 (89·3)

225,918 (96·1)

 South Asian

4345 (1·8)

30 (5·2)

4315 (1·8)

 Black

4904 (2·1)

32 (5·5)

4872 (2·1)

Smoking status

 Never

135,710 (57·6)

300 (51·7)

135,410 (57·6)

 Previous

75,767 (32·2)

221 (38·1)

75,546 (32·1)

 Current

24,208 (10·3)

59 (10·1)

24,149 (10·3)

Past or current cancer

 Yes

13,957 (5·9)

39 (6·7)

13,918 (5·9)

Co-morbidities

 Yes

162,290 (68·9)

438 (75·5)

161,852 (68·9)

Shift or health worker

 Neither

193,134 (81·5)

375 (64·7)

192,759 (82.0)

 Shift worker

38,738 (16·9)

183 (31.6)

38,555 (16·4)

 Health worker

3193 (1·4)

13 (2·2)

3180 (1·4)

 Both

620 (0·3)

9 (1·6)

611 (0·3)

  1. Values reported are mean (SD) or N (%)
  2. Co-morbidities: yes/no; one or more medical condition(s): i.e. cardiovascular, respiratory, renal, neurology, musculoskeletal, haematology, gynaecology, immunology, infection
  3. Townsend score: a composite measure of deprivation based on unemployment, non-car ownership, non-home ownership, and household overcrowding; negative values represent less deprivation