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Table 1 Characteristics of patients invited for an NHS Health Check (June 2010-October 2014)

From: NHS health checks: a cross- sectional observational study on equity of uptake and outcomes

Invited for an NHS Health Check

Gender, n (%)

 N

31,881

 Female

15,316 (48)

 Male

16,565 (52)

Age in years a

 N

31,764

 Mean (SD)

52.4 (9.8)

 Median (25th,75th)

50 (44, 60)

 Min, max

39,75

 ≤ 49 years n (%)

13,920 (43.7)

 50–59 years n (%)

9443 (29.6)

 60–69 years n (%)

6167 (19.3)

 70–79 years n (%)

2234 (7.0)

 Missing n (%)

117 (0.4)

Ethnicity b, n (%)

 N

31,881

 White: British

18,774 (58.9)

 White: Irish

224 (0.7)

 White: Other White

1346 (4.2)

 Mixed: White & Black Caribbean

194 (0.6)

 Mixed: White & Black African

90 (0.3)

    Mixed: White & Asian

101 (0.3)

 Mixed: Other Mixed

153 (0.5)

 Asian/Asian British: Indian

365 (1.1)

 Asian/Asian British: Pakistani

364 (1.1)

 Asian/Asian British: Bangladeshi

83 (0.3)

 Asian/Asian British: Other Asian

154 (0.5)

 Other Black: Caribbean

358 (1.1)

 Other Black: African

532 (1.7)

 Other Black: Other

244 (0.8)

 Other: Chinese

157 (0.5)

 Other: Any Other Ethnic Group

216 (0.7)

 Not Stated or Missing

8526 (26.7)

National Index of Multiple Deprivation

 N

31,824

 Mean (SD)

24.8,15.7

 Median (25th, 75th)

23 (12, 33)

 Min, max

2, 70

National IMD quintile, n (%)

 Quintile 1 (least deprived)

4029 (12.6)

 Quintile 2

6134 (19.2)

 Quintile 3

4847 (15.2)

 Quintile 4

9148 (28.7)

 Quintile 5 (most deprived)

7666 (24.0)

 Missing

57 (0.2)

  1. Notes
  2. a Age in years at NHS health check or at first invite
  3. b In subsequent analyses, ethnicity is further aggregated from 16 into 5 categories. These are as indicated in the first part of the ethnicity label: White; Mixed; Asian/Asian British; Other Black; Other. This is in addition to the category ‘Not stated or missing’