Table 2 Demographics of European Individuals in UK Biobank with and without fall codes.

From: The genetics of falling susceptibility and identification of causal risk factors

Trait

Falls

Control

p-Value*

N

20,789

180,658

 

Mean age at baseline in years (SD)

60.8 (7.14)

56.7 (7.99)

 < 2e−16

Sex (male)

7900 (38%)

83,103 (46%)

 < 2.2e−16

Mean BMI (SD)

28.3 (5.37)

27.4 (4.71)

 < 2e−16

Mean waist to hip ratio (SD)

 − 0.862(3.27)

 − 1.53 (2.95)

 < 2e−16

Mean international physical activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) score (SD)

25.9 (10.7)

30.3 (11.3)

 < 2e−16

Mean hand grip max strength (SD)

5945 (28.6%)

43,719 (24.2%)

1.15E−11

Number reporting depressed ever (%)

3.29(3.03)

2.99 (2.97)

3.94E−16

Mean CIDI MDD severity score (SD)

3.49 (4.36)

2.78 (3.70)

 < 2e−16

Mean PHQ9 severity score (SD)

2.57 (3.86)

2.15 (3.39)

 < 2e−16

Mean GAD7 Severity Score (SD)

13.5 (5.36)

15.0 (5.10)

 < 2e−16

Mean number of years of education (SD)

14.3 (20.9)

14.9 (20.2)

0.001

Mean units of alcohol consumed weekly (SD)

0.629 (0.687)

0.538 (0.659)

0.001

Current smoker status (SD)

8.29 (12.2)

6.35 (10.5)

 < 2e−16

Mean cigarettes per day in smoker (SD)

7.33 (1.20)

7.42 (1.13)

6.86E−04

Mean townsend deprivation index (TDI) score (SD)

0.879 (0.0925)

0.870 (0.0898)

 < 2e−16

  1. *p-Values for all measures were calculated using a logistic regression model. Age at baseline and sex were included as covariates.