Distribution of characteristics for women (n=10 275) and men (n=8219) who completed the Health and Life Experiences questionnaire in the European Prospective Investigation of Cancer-Norfolk cohort
| Women | Men | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | Number with characteristic | Percentage and number with past-year GAD | Number with characteristic | Percentage and number with past-year GAD |
| Individual-level variables | ||||
| Sociodemographics | ||||
| Age (years) | ||||
| <50 | 1444 | 3.7 (54) | 961 | 3.2 (31) |
| 50-60 | 3693 | 3.2 (119) | 2645 | 2.4 (63) |
| 60-70 | 3167 | 1.9 (61) | 2739 | 1.2 (33) |
| >70 | 1971 | 1.4 (27) | 1874 | 1.0 (18) |
| Education* | ||||
| Low | 4030 | 2.1 (83) | 2363 | 1.7 (39) |
| High | 6245 | 2.9 (178) | 5856 | 1.8 (106) |
| Marital status | ||||
| Single | 414 | 3.1 (13) | 302 | 4.0 (12) |
| Married | 7714 | 2.4 (183) | 7221 | 1.5 (111) |
| Other† | 2147 | 3.0 (65) | 696 | 3.2 (22) |
| Social class‡ | ||||
| Manual | 3820 | 2.3 (89) | 3281 | 1.7 (55) |
| Non-manual | 6455 | 2.7 (172) | 4938 | 1.8 (90) |
| Health status | ||||
| Prevalent physical disease§ | ||||
| Yes | 5660 | 3.1 (174) | 3836 | 2.2 (86) |
| No | 4615 | 1.9 (87) | 4383 | 1.4 (59) |
| Disability level | ||||
| High¶ | 5258 | 3.3 (172) | 4009 | 2.6 (104) |
| Low | 5017 | 1.8 (89) | 4210 | 0.97 (41) |
| Lifetime MDD | ||||
| Yes | 1926 | 8.7 (167) | 934 | 10.0 (93) |
| No | 8349 | 1.1 (94) | 7285 | 0.7 (52) |
| Area-level variable | ||||
| Townsend index | ||||
| Deprivation | ||||
| Yes (>0) | 1636 | 3.9 (64) | 1237 | 2.3 (28) |
| No (≤0) | 8639 | 2.3 (197) | 6982 | 1.7 (117) |
*High education: O-level, A-level, degree; low education: refers to no education.
†Other: divorced, separated, widowed.
‡Manual: skilled manual, semiskilled, non-skilled; non-manual: professionals, managerial, skilled non-manual.
§Prevalent physical disease: respiratory disease (asthma and bronchitis), allergies (allergies and hay fever), stroke, heart attack, cancer, diabetes, thyroid conditions, arthritis.
¶Below the median PCS value of 50.6.