Table 1 Participant characteristics stratified by obesity status.
From: Obesity, walking pace and risk of severe COVID-19 and mortality: analysis of UK Biobank
Normal weight (n = 137,340) | Overweight (n = 176,519) | Obese (n = 98,737) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | N | % | ||||
Outcome | |||||||||
Severe COVID-19 cases | 223 | 0.16 | 431 | 0.24 | 347 | 0.35 | |||
COVID-19 related deaths | 63 | 0.05 | 137 | 0.08 | 136 | 0.14 | |||
Categorical factors | |||||||||
Sex | Female | 90287 | 66 | 84048 | 48 | 52879 | 54 | ||
Male | 47053 | 34 | 92471 | 52 | 45858 | 46 | |||
Ethnicity | White European | 129808 | 95 | 165925 | 94 | 91861 | 93 | ||
Other | 7532 | 5 | 10594 | 6 | 6876 | 7 | |||
Walking Pace | Brisk | 73918 | 54 | 69135 | 39 | 20859 | 21 | ||
Steady/average | 59063 | 43 | 97469 | 55 | 62033 | 63 | |||
Slow | 4359 | 3 | 9915 | 6 | 15845 | 16 | |||
Continuous factors | Median | 25th | 75th | Median | 25th | 75th | Median | 25th | 75th |
Age (years) | 67 | 60 | 73 | 69 | 61 | 74 | 69 | 61 | 74 |
Social deprivation (Townsend score) | −2.31 | −3.72 | 0.16 | −2.28 | −3.70 | 0.20 | −1.74 | −3.40 | 1.24 |
Diseases or illnesses (n per person) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
