Table 1 Baseline characteristics of participants in the UK Biobank by quartiles of adult height
From: Adult height and risk of 50 diseases: a combined epidemiological and genetic analysis
Characteristic | Height (cm) | Overall | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Quartile 1 | Quartile 2 | Quartile 3 | Quartile 4 | ||
Height (cm)—female | 132–< 158 | 158–< 163 | 163–< 167 | 167–199 | 132–199 |
Height (cm)—male | 132–< 171 | 171–< 176 | 176–< 180 | 180–205 | 132–205 |
N | 87,358 | 117,771 | 97,416 | 114,889 | 417,434 |
Age | 58.8 (7.5) | 57.5 (7.8) | 56.4 (7.9) | 54.9 (8.1) | 56.8 (8.0) |
Sex—female | 52.8% | 55.7% | 55.7% | 51.6% | 54.0% |
Body mass index (BMI) | 28.1 (4.9) | 27.6 (4.8) | 27.2 (4.7) | 26.8 (4.6) | 27.4 (4.8) |
Obese (BMI ≥ 30) | 28.9% | 25.4% | 23.0% | 20.4% | 24.2% |
Waist-hip-ratio (WHR) | 0.88 (0.1) | 0.87 (0.1) | 0.87 (0.1) | 0.87 (0.1) | 0.87 (0.1) |
Townsend deprivation indexa | 22.5% | 18.1% | 16.7% | 16.1% | 18.1% |
Ever smoker | 47.1% | 46.2% | 45.5% | 45.5% | 46.0% |
Vigorous activityb | 55.5% | 58.8% | 60.6% | 63.0% | 59.7% |
Systolic BP (mmHg) | 145.3 (21.3) | 142.3 (20.8) | 140.1 (20.5) | 137.8 (19.5) | 141.2 (20.7) |
Diastolic BP (mmHg) | 85.4 (11.3) | 84.6 (11.3) | 84.0 (11.3) | 83.4 (11.2) | 84.3 (11.3) |
Female only | |||||
 Nulliparous | 15.9% | 17.3% | 19.0% | 22.7% | 18.8% |
 Ever oral contraceptive | 78.1% | 81.3% | 83.3% | 84.9% | 82.0% |
 Ever on hormone replacement therapy | 45.0% | 41.6% | 38.1% | 33.4% | 39.3% |