Table 1 Descriptive statistics—Participant characteristics by level of programme attendance
All participants | Partial attendance (< 60% sessions) | Completed programme (≥ 60% sessions) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N = 51,803 | N = 25,015 | N = 26,788 | ||||
Age category | ||||||
Aged 18 to 34 | 547 | 1.1% | 419 | 1.7% | 128 | 0.5% |
Aged 35 to 44 | 2294 | 4.4% | 1597 | 6.4% | 697 | 2.6% |
Aged 45 to 54 | 6410 | 12.4% | 3906 | 15.6% | 2504 | 9.3% |
Aged 55 to 64 | 12,396 | 23.9% | 6168 | 24.7% | 6228 | 23.2% |
Aged 65 to 74 | 19,231 | 37.1% | 7847 | 31.4% | 11,384 | 42.5% |
Aged 75 to 84 | 9648 | 18.6% | 4364 | 17.4% | 5284 | 19.7% |
Aged 85 + | 1277 | 2.5% | 714 | 2.9% | 563 | 2.1% |
Sex | ||||||
Female | 28,258 | 54.5% | 13,604 | 54.4% | 14,654 | 54.7% |
Male | 23,545 | 45.5% | 11,411 | 45.6% | 12,134 | 45.3% |
Deprivation quintile | ||||||
Most deprived | 8301 | 16.0% | 4751 | 19.0% | 3550 | 13.3% |
2 | 9291 | 17.9% | 4702 | 18.8% | 4589 | 17.1% |
3 | 10,991 | 21.2% | 5107 | 20.4% | 5884 | 22.0% |
4 | 10,988 | 21.2% | 5001 | 20.0% | 5987 | 22.3% |
Least deprived | 12,176 | 23.5% | 5426 | 21.7% | 6750 | 25.2% |
Missing | 56 | 0.1% | 28 | 0.1% | 28 | 0.1% |
BMI | ||||||
Under/healthy weight | 8107 | 15.6% | 3596 | 14.4% | 4511 | 16.8% |
Overweight | 18,612 | 35.9% | 8367 | 33.4% | 10,245 | 38.2% |
Obese | 23,518 | 45.4% | 11,865 | 47.4% | 11,653 | 43.5% |
Missing | 1566 | 3.0% | 1187 | 4.7% | 379 | 1.4% |
Employment | ||||||
Employed | 13,254 | 25.6% | 7150 | 28.6% | 6104 | 22.8% |
Retired | 26,645 | 51.4% | 10,900 | 43.6% | 15,745 | 58.8% |
Other | 4415 | 8.5% | 2658 | 10.6% | 1757 | 6.6% |
Missing | 7489 | 14.5% | 4307 | 17.2% | 3182 | 11.9% |
Ethnic group | ||||||
White | 38,538 | 74.4% | 17,144 | 68.5% | 21,394 | 79.9% |
Asian | 6113 | 11.8% | 3728 | 14.9% | 2385 | 8.9% |
Black | 2952 | 5.7% | 1597 | 6.4% | 1355 | 5.1% |
Mixed & other | 1895 | 3.7% | 1086 | 4.3% | 809 | 3.0% |
Missing | 2305 | 4.4% | 1460 | 5.8% | 845 | 3.2% |
Disability | ||||||
No disability | 39,604 | 76.5% | 18,561 | 74.2% | 21,043 | 78.6% |
Disability | 8916 | 17.2% | 4772 | 19.1% | 4144 | 15.5% |
Missing | 3283 | 6.3% | 1682 | 6.7% | 1601 | 6.0% |
Smoker | ||||||
Smoker | 2991 | 5.8% | 1885 | 7.5% | 1106 | 4.1% |
Ex-smoker | 883 | 1.7% | 400 | 1.6% | 483 | 1.8% |
Non-smoker | 37,740 | 72.9% | 16,809 | 67.2% | 20,931 | 78.1% |
Missing | 10,189 | 19.7% | 5921 | 23.7% | 4268 | 15.9% |