Table 2 Comparison of the characteristics of the full sample and the sub-sample used for classification
From: A foresight whole systems obesity classification for the English UK biobank cohort
Variable | Category | Full sample | Classification sample |
|---|---|---|---|
N | Â | 499,704 | 345,091 |
Gender | Male | 45.6% | 46.0% |
Female | 54.4% | 54.0% | |
Age | 40–44 | 10.3% | 10.6% |
45–49 | 13.2% | 13.4% | |
50–54 | 15.3% | 15.4% | |
55–59 | 18.2% | 18.1% | |
60–64 | 24.3% | 24.3% | |
65–69 | 18.7% | 18.1% | |
Ethnicity | White | 94.1% | 94.8% |
Mixed | 0.6% | 0.6% | |
Asian | 2.3% | 2.1% | |
Black | 1.6% | 1.4% | |
Other | 0.9% | 0.8% | |
Not available | 0.6% | 0.3% | |
Townsend | Lowest 20% | 20.0% | 20.6% |
Deprivation | 20 to 40% | 20.0% | 20.9% |
40 to 60% | 20.0% | 20.4% | |
60 to 80% | 20.0% | 19.9% | |
Highest 20% | 20.0% | 18.1% | |
Not available | 0.1% | Not available | |
Assessment | Stockport (pilot) | 0.8% | Not available |
Region | North | 41.4% | 46.3% |
Midlands | 15.7% | 17.7% | |
South | 17.2% | 20.5% | |
London | 13.7% | 15.5% | |
Wales | 4.2% | Excluded | |
Scotland | 7.1% | Excluded | |
BMI | Underweight | 0.5% | 0.5% |
Healthy | 32.3% | 33.5% | |
Overweight | 42.2% | 42.7% | |
Having Obesity | 24.3% | 23.0% | |
Not available | 0.6% | 0.2% |