Table 1 Demographics of cohorts.

From: Transdiagnostic evaluation of epigenetic age acceleration and burden of psychiatric disorders

 

BeCOME (N = 301)

OPTIMA (N = 119)

Overall (N = 420)

Age (years)

  Mean (SD)

35.3 (12.1)

42.9 (13.5)

37.4 (12.9)

  Median [Min, Max]

31.8 [18.7, 66.2]

44.7 [19.2, 73.6]

34.0 [18.7, 73.6]

Sex

  Female

193 (64.1%)

65 (54.6%)

258 (61.4%)

  Male

108 (35.9%)

54 (45.4%)

162 (38.6%)

Ethnicity

  African

1 (0.3%)

0 (0%)

1 (0.2%)

  Asian

6 (2.0%)

0 (0%)

6 (1.4%)

  Caucasian

267 (88.7%)

94 (79%)

361 (86.0%)

  Hispanic/Latin-american

3 (1.0%)

0 (0%)

3 (0.7%)

  Oriental

7 (2.3%)

0 (0%)

7 (1.7%)

  Other

10 (3.3%)

0 (0%)

10 (2.4%)

  Unknown

2 (0.7%)

0 (0%)

2 (0.5%)

  Missing

5 (1.7%)

25 (21.0%)

30 (7.1%)

BMI (kg/m2)

  Mean (SD)

23.8 (4.57)

26.6 (5.97)

24.6 (5.16)

  Median [Min, Max]

22.7 [15.4, 47.6]

25.6 [17.3, 52.9]

23.2 [15.4, 52.9]

  Missing

8 (2.7%)

0 (0%)

8 (1.9%)

Smoking status

  Current smoker

1 (0.3%)

4 (3.4%)

5 (1.2%)

  Former smoker

165 (54.8%)

90 (75.6%)

255 (60.7%)

  Never smoker

135 (44.9%)

25 (21.0%)

160 (38.1%)

Childhood maltreatment

  Mean (SD)

39.7 (14.4)

43.8 (15.3)

40.9 (14.8)

  Median [Min, Max]

35.0 [25.0, 88.0]

41.0 [25.0, 96.0]

37.0 [25.0, 96.0]

  Missing

58 (19.3%)

22 (18.5%)

80 (19.0%)

Lifetime stress

  Mean (SD)

19.9 (13.0)

-

19.9 (13.0)

  Median [Min, Max]

18.0 [0, 59.0]

-

18.0 [0, 59.0]

  Missing

58 (19.3%)

119 (100%)

177 (42.1%)

Burden of psychiatric disease

  Mean (SD)

5.87 (5.53)

9.37 (5.02)

6.89 (5.61)

  Median [Min, Max]

4.0 [0, 33.0]

9.0 [2.0, 24.0]

6.0 [0, 33.0]

  Missing

21 (7.0%)

4 (3.4%)

25 (6.0%)

School education

  12-13 years

200 (66.4%)

45 (37.8%)

245 (58.3%)

  12 years

20 (6.6%)

17 (14.3%)

37 (8.8%)

  10 years

32 (10.6%)

17 (14.3%)

49 (11.7%)

  9 years

14 (4.7%)

19 (16.0%)

33 (7.9%)

  No school graduation

0 (0%)

3 (2.5%)

3 (0.7%)

  Still in school

1 (0.3%)

0 (0%)

1 (0.2%)

  Other

5 (1.7%)

5 (4.2%)

10 (2.4%)

  Missing

29 (9.6%)

13 (10.9%)

42 (10.0%)

  1. Childhood maltreatment was evaluated with CTQ. Lifetime stress was evaluated with MEL and was available only in the BeCOME cohort. Burden of psychiatric disease was evaluated with the computer-based modified version of the Munich-Composite International Diagnostic Interview (DIA-X/M-CIDI).