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Table 1 Basic demographics of the UK Biobank study participants, data are reported as means (standard deviation) or median [interquartile range]

From: Effects of physical activity and sedentary time on depression, anxiety and well-being: a bidirectional Mendelian randomisation study

Trait

All

Females

Males

N

145,982

82,437

63,545

Age (years)

56.56 (7.70)

56.08 (7.63)

57.19 (7.75)

Body mass index (kg/m2)

26.78 (4.55)

26.35 (4.88)

27.33 (4.01)

Townsend deprivation index

 − 1.79 (2.78)

 − 1.75 (2.77)

 − 1.83 (2.80)

Sedentary time (hours/day)

9.18 (2.35)

8.89 (2.24)

9.55 (2.43)

Major depression — N cases (%)

34,858 (23.88)

24,022 (29.14)

10,836 (17.05)

Current depression — N cases (%)

2659 (1.82)

1691 (2.05)

968 (1.52)

Generalised anxiety disorder — N cases (%)

7244 (4.96)

4706 (5.71)

2536 (3.99)

Current generalised anxiety disorder — N cases (%)

1854 (1.27)

1205 (1.46)

649 (1.02)

Severity of major depression

3 [6]

4 [6]

0 [5]

Severity of current depression

2 [4]

2 [4]

1 [3]

Severity of generalised anxiety disorder

0 [3]

1 [4]

0 [2]

Well-being score

13 [3]

13 [3]

13 [3]