Demographics characteristics of participants in the AAA survey
Participant Characteristics† | |
Age‡ mean (SD; years) | 54.6±14.9 |
BMI‡ mean (SD; kg/m2; n=1003) | 28.8±8.1 |
Index of Multiple Deprivation‡ mean (SD, n=759) | 5.33±2.7 |
Gender n (%) | |
Male | 402 (39.2%) |
Female | 624 (60.8%) |
Ethnicity n (%) | |
White-British, Irish, other | 979 (95.4%) |
Black/black British-Caribbean, African, other | 8 (0.8%) |
Chinese/Chinese British | 2 (0.2%) |
Middle Eastern/Middle Eastern British-Arab, Turkish, other | 2 (0.2%) |
Mixed race-other | 5 (0.5%) |
Mixed race-white and black/black British | 3 (0.3%) |
Other ethnic groups | 7 (0.7%) |
Health or social care worker (n=1025) n (%) | |
Yes | 150 (14.6%) |
No | 875 (85.3%) |
Job requires contact with COVID-19 patients (n=144) n (%) | |
Yes | 39 (3.8%) |
No | 105 (10.2%) |
Diabetes n (%) | |
Yes | 538 (52.4%) |
No | 488 (47.6%) |
BMI≥40 kg/m2 n (%) | |
Yes | 142 (13.8%) |
No | 884 (86.2%) |
Chronic respiratory disease n (%) | |
Yes | 179 (17.4%) |
No | 847 (82.6%) |
Chronic heart disease n (%) | |
Yes | 132 (12.9%) |
No | 894 (87.1%) |
Chronic kidney disease n (%) | |
Yes | 147 (14.3%) |
No | 879 (85.7%) |
Chronic liver disease n (%) | |
Yes | 49 (4.8%) |
No | 977 (95.2%) |
Chronic neurological conditions n (%) | |
Yes | 35 (3.4%) |
No | 991 (96.6%) |
Spleen problems n (%) | |
Yes | 16 (1.6%) |
No | 1010 (98.4%) |
Weakened immune system n (%) | |
Yes | 159 (15.5%) |
No | 867 (84.5%) |
Aged >70 years n (%) | |
Yes | 178 (17.3%) |
No | 848 (82.7%) |
Pregnant n (%) | |
Yes | 21 (2.0%) |
No | 1005 (98.0%) |
Other risk factors* n (%) | |
Yes | 303 (29.5%) |
No | 723 (70.5%) |
No of high-risk groups n (%) | |
1 | 471 (45.9%) |
2 | 336 (32.7%) |
3+ | 219 (21.3%) |
*Short-term or long-term health conditions, for example, mentalhealth.
†n=1026 except where otherwise specified.
‡Mean and SD.
AAA, attitudes and actions; BMI, body mass index.