TABLE 1 Baseline Characteristics of Participants by HF Status
Overall
(N = 72,468)
Non-HF
(n = 71,092)
HF
(n = 1,376)
Age, y 56.43 ± 7.83 56.31 ± 7.82 62.60 ± 5.87
Sex
Female 40,598 (56.0) 40,105 (56.4) 493 (35.8)
Male 31,870 (44.0) 30,987 (43.6) 883 (64.2)
Ethnic
White 70,072 (96.7) 68,737 (96.7) 1,335 (97.0)
Others 2,396 (3.3) 2,355 (3.3) 41 (3.0)
Education level
College or university degree 40,940 (56.5) 40,000 (56.3) 940 (68.3)
Others 31,528 (43.5) 31,092 (43.7) 436 (31.7)
Employment status
No 26,793, (37.0) 25,935 (36.5) 858 (62.4)
Yes 45,675 (63.0) 45,157 (63.5) 518 (37.6)
Physical activity
Low 12,660 (17.5) 123,77 (17.4) 283 (20.6)
Moderate 30,660 (42.3) 30,110 (42.4) 550 (40.0)
High 29,148 (40.2) 28,605 (40.2) 543 (39.5)
Smoking status
Never 41560 (57.3) 40,946 (57.6) 614 (44.6)
Ever 25,878 (35.7) 25,245 (35.5) 633 (46.0)
Current 5,030 (6.9) 4,901 (6.9) 129 (9.4)
Drinking status
Never 2,019 (2.8) 1,971 (2.8) 48 (3.5)
Ever 1,913 (2.6) 1,848 (2.6) 65 (4.7)
Current 68,536 (94.6) 67,273 (94.6) 1,263 (91.8)
BMI, kg/m² 26.66 ± 4.47 26.62 ± 4.4 28.86 ± 5.33)
Townsend deprivation index -1.73 ± 2.82 -1.74 ± 2.81 -1.45 ± 3.01
Heart Failure 0.02 ± 0.14 0.00 ± 0.00 1.00 ± 0.00
Survival Heart Failure 93.11 ± 12.94 93.78 ± 11.55 58.30 ± 26.44
Income
<£18,000 10,826 (14.9) 10,456 (14.7) 370 (26.9)
£18,000 to £30,999 17,575 (24.3) 17,136 (24.1) 439 (31.9)
£31,000 to £51,999 20,824 (28.7) 20,489 (28.8) 335 (24.3)
£52,000 to £100,000 17,924 (24.7) 17,729 (24.9) 195 (14.2)
>£100,000 5,319 (7.3) 5,282 (7.4) 37 (2.7)
Biological ages
KDM-BA 52.98 ± 8.89 52.82 ± 8.83 61.39 ± 7.90
KDM-BA acceleration -0.87 ± 4.45 -0.91 ± 4.51 1.49 ± 5.62
PhenoAge 46.69 ± 9.49 46.50 ± 9.41 56.11 ± 8.85
PhenoAge acceleration -0.72 ± 5.00 -0.78 ± 4.96 2.13 ± 6.09
Values are mean ± SD or n (%).
BMI = body mass index; KDM-BA = Klemera-Doubal method biological age; HF = Heart Failure.