Table 1 Baseline characteristics

From: A prospective study of associations between accelerated biological aging and twenty musculoskeletal disorders

Characteristic

Mean (SD)/No. (%)

Total, No.

172,332

Age, years

56.03 (8.10)

Body mass index, kg/m2

 Underweight or normal weight (<25)

60,969 (35.38%)

 Overweight (25 to <30)

76,655 (44.48%)

 Obese (≥30)

34,708 (20.14%)

 Sex (Female)

82,754 (48.02%)

Smoking status

 Current smoker

15,674 (9.10%)

 Former smoker

63,283 (36.72%)

 Never smoker

93,375 (54.18%)

 Alcohol per week, glasses

10.67 (9.91)

 Healthy physical activity (yes)

139,828 (81.14%)

 Townsend deprivation index

−1.71 (2.81)

 Vitamin D, nmol/L

51.47 (20.85)

Medication for cholesterol, blood pressure, Diabetes, or taking exogenous hormones

22,926 (15.37%?)

Income, £b

 <18,000

29,395 (17.06%)

 18,000–30,999

42,302 (24.55%)

 31,000–51,999

47,690 (27.67%)

 52,000–100,000

41,029 (23.81%)

 >100,000

11,916 (6.91%)

Biological ages

 KDM-BA

50.01 (9.48)

 KDM-BA acceleration

−6.02 (5.29)

 PhenoAge

47.21 (9.49)

 PhenoAge acceleration

−8.81 (4.49)