Table 1 Participant statistics
Age | median 41.0 years old, interquartile range 31–49 | |
Employmenta | ||
Paid or self-employed | 74.5 % | |
Voluntary work | 2.0 % | |
Unemployed | 17.6 % | |
Student | 6.9 % | |
Retired | 3.9 % | |
Exempt through disability | 3.9 % | |
Other | 3.9 % | |
Ethnicity | ||
VMC patients | Atlas patients | |
White – British | 44.3 % | 48.0 % |
White – European/other | 29.0 % | 26.5 % |
Black/Caribbean/African | 6.9 % | 7.9 % |
Asian | 10.8 % | 3.9 % |
Arabic | 0.8 % | 3.9 % |
Mixed | 3.0 % | 3.9 % |
Other | 5.3 % | 3.9 % |
Missing | - | 2.0 % |