Table 1 Summary of participant baseline characteristics at ELSA Wave 9
Mean or N | SD or % | |
|---|---|---|
Ethnicity | ||
White | 7,014 | 95.3% |
Non-white | 348 | 4.7% |
Age | 67.3 | 10.0 |
Body mass index | 27.9 | 5.9 |
Underweight | 43 | 0.9% |
Normal | 1,375 | 29.3% |
Overweight | 1,966 | 41.8% |
Obese | 1,315 | 28.0% |
CES-D S-F | ||
Overall score | 1.2 | 1.7 |
Non-severe | 6,025 | 83.7% |
Severe | 1,175 | 16.3% |
Deprivation score | 1.7 | 1.6 |
Education | ||
None | 1,010 | 14.1% |
Foreign/other | 513 | 7.1% |
NVQ1/CSE or equivalent | 256 | 3.6% |
NVQ2/GCE O-level or equivalent | 1,610 | 22.4% |
NVQ3/GCE A-level or equivalent | 841 | 11.7% |
Higher education below degree | 1,133 | 15.8% |
NVQ4/NVQ5/degree or equivalent | 1,823 | 25.4% |
Living alone | ||
No | 5778 | 80.3% |
Yes | 1422 | 19.8% |
Physical activity | ||
Mild intensity | ||
Hardly ever or never | 442 | 6.3% |
One to three times a month | 156 | 2.2% |
Once a week | 616 | 8.8% |
More than once a week | 5804 | 82.7% |
Moderate intensity | ||
Hardly ever or never | 1064 | 15.2% |
One to three times a month | 406 | 5.8% |
Once a week | 900 | 12.8% |
More than once a week | 4648 | 66.2% |
Vigorous intensity | ||
Hardly ever or never | 4096 | 58.4% |
One to three times a month | 529 | 7.5% |
Once a week | 679 | 9.7% |
More than once a week | 1713 | 24.4% |
Sex | ||
Male | 3,190 | 43.5% |
Female | 4,135 | 56.5% |
Smoking | ||
Never | 2,849 | 41.1% |
Ex-smoker | 3,488 | 50.3% |
Current | 594 | 8.6% |