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Table 1 Characteristics of participants of UK Biobank according to early-life risk score

From: Longitudinal association of cumulative risk factors in early life, genetic risk, and healthy lifestyles during adulthood with the risk of type 2 diabetes

Characteristics

Early-life risk score (n=148,621)

P-Value

0 (n=72,306)

1 (n=55,572)

2 (n=18,593)

3 (n=2,150)

Age, years

55.2±8.0

53.9±8.1

52.7±7.9

53.0±7.8

<0.001

Sex

    

<0.001

 Male

29,475 (40.76)

21,807 (39.24)

6,686 (35.96)

574 (26.70)

 

 Female

42,831 (59.24)

33,765 (60.76)

11,907 (64.04)

1,576 (73.30)

 

Ethnicity

    

<0.001

 White

69,323 (95.87)

54,438 (97.96)

18,328 (98.57)

2,128 (98.98)

 

 Asian

1,218 (1.68)

447 (0.80)

62 (0.33)

1 (0.05)

 

 Black

929 (1.28)

169 (0.30)

29 (0.16)

2 (0.09)

 

 Mixed/other

836 (1.16)

518 (0.93)

174 (0.94)

19 (0.88)

 

Household income, GBP (£)

    

<0.001

 <18,000

11,457 (15.85)

8,862 (15.95)

3,176 (17.08)

430 (20.00)

 

 18,000–30,999

17,505 (24.21)

13,514 (24.32)

4,505 (24.23)

557 (25.91)

 

 31,000–51,999

20,990 (29.03)

16,571 (29.82)

5,650 (30.39)

640 (29.77)

 

 52,000–100,000

17,391 (24.05)

13,088 (23.55)

4,268 (22.95)

447 (20.79)

 

 ≥100,000

4,963 (6.86)

3,537 (6.36)

994 (5.35)

76 (3.53)

 

 TDI

−1.73±2.84

−1.57±2.92

−1.30±3.06

−1.08±3.20

<0.001

Education

    

<0.001

 Low qualification

25,428 (35.17)

21,745 (39.13)

7,720 (41.52)

940 (43.72)

 

 Medium qualification

36,937 (51.08)

27,282 (49.09)

8,991 (48.36)

1,014 (47.16)

 

 High qualification

9,941 (13.75)

6,545 (11.78)

1,882 (10.12)

196 (9.12)

 

Region

    

<0.001

 England

64,029 (88.55)

48,242 (86.81)

15,925 (85.65)

1,806 (84.00)

 

 Scotland

3,889 (5.38)

3,283 (5.91)

1,146 (6.16)

138 (6.42)

 

 Wales

4,388 (6.07)

4,047 (7.28)

1,522 (8.19)

206 (9.58)

 

Birth year

    

<0.001

 1934–1940,

3,622 (5.01)

1,999 (3.60)

452 (2.43)

63 (2.93)

 

 1941–1950

27,174 (37.58)

18,599 (33.47)

5,274 (28.37)

598 (27.81)

 

 1951–1960

25,934 (35.87)

19,892 (35.80)

6,900 (37.11)

844 (39.26)

 

 1961–1970

15,576 (21.54)

15,082 (27.14)

5,967 (32.09)

645 (30.00)

 

Drinking

    

0.047

 Current

67,455 (93.29)

52,045 (93.65)

17,432 (93.76)

1,980 (92.09)

 

 Ex-drinker

2,029 (2.81)

1,740 (3.13)

621 (3.34)

90 (4.19)

 

 Non-drinker

2,822 (3.90)

1,787 (3.22)

540 (2.90)

80 (3.72)

 

Family diabetes

    

0.020

 No

57,265 (79.20)

43,916 (79.03)

14,531 (78.15)

1,711 (79.58)

 

 Yes

15,041 (20.80)

11,656 (20.97)

4,062 (21.85)

439 (20.42)

 

BMI, kg/m2

    

<0.001

 <25

27,709 (38.32)

19,809 (35.65)

6,203 (33.36)

679 (31.58)

 

 25–30

30,171 (41.73)

23,076 (41.52)

7,661 (41.20)

871 (40.51)

 

 ≥30

14,426 (19.95)

12,687 (22.83)

4,729 (25.43)

600 (27.91)

 

PRS for T2D

    

<0.001

 Tertile 1

24506 (33.89)

18366 (33.05)

5835 (31.38)

636 (29.58)

 

 Tertile 2

24054 (33.27)

18330 (32.98)

6239 (33.56)

718 (33.40)

 

 Tertile 3

23746 (32.84)

18876 (33.97)

6519 (35.06)

796 (37.02)

 

MHS

    

<0.001

 Unhealthy (0–49)

4,136 (5.72)

4,024 (7.24)

1,603 (8.62)

206 (9.58)

 

 Moderate (50–79)

33,433 (46.24)

26,528 (47.74)

9,074 (48.80)

1,022 (47.53)

 

 Healthy (80–100)

34,737 (48.04)

25,020 (45.02)

7,916 (42.58)

922 (42.88)

 
  1. Abbreviation: GBP Great Britain Pound, TDI Townsend Deprivation Index, BMI Body mass index, PRS Polygenic risk score, T2D Type 2 diabetes, MHS Modifiable healthy lifestyle score