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Table 1 Demographic summary and service characteristics for attenders, those retained to 6 months and those who completed

From: ‘Finishing the race’ – a cohort study of weight and blood glucose change among the first 36,000 patients in a large-scale diabetes prevention programme

 

Attenders

Retained to 6 months

Completed

N

99,131

36,614

22,697

Male sex (%)

44.5

45.1

45.2

Age

 Median (IQR)

66 (17)

68 (14)

69 (12)

  < 40

3.6

1.6

1.1

 40–49

9.2

5.5

4.3

 50–59

19.5

16.0

14.3

 60–69

30.1

34.2

35.2

 70–79

28.5

34.1

36.4

 80+

9.1

8.6

8.8

Deprivation (%)

 1 (most deprived)

19.2

13.5

12.2

 2

19.8

17.6

18.0

 3

20.1

21.2

22.3

 4

20.0

22.5

22.9

 5 (least deprived)

20.9

25.2

24.6

Ethnicitya (%)

 White

76.1

81.5

83.9

 Asian

12.9

9.2

7.8

 Black

7.2

6.0

5.3

 Mixed or other

3.8

3.4

3.0

Employment (%)

 Employed

31.8

25.8

23.5

 Retired

57.7

66.5

69.8

 Other

10.5

7.7

6.8

Disability (%)

17.4

15.5

14.9

Smoking (%)

 Smoker

8.2

5.0

4.6

 Ex-smoker

2.4

2.1

1.9

 Non-smoker

89.4

92.9

93.6

WEMWBS score

 Median (IQR)

54 (13)

54 (12)

55 (12)

EQ-5D VAS

 Median (IQR)

80 (25)

80 (20)

80 (20)

Referral source (%)

 Consultation (GP/ health check)

63.8

65.3

60.2

 Letter (self-referral after advice)

36.2

34.7

39.8

Out-of-hours provision (%)

 Some

15.5

18.9

15.3

  1. a ‘Asian’ comprises those reporting Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Chinese or ‘other Asian’ ethnicity; ‘Black’ comprises those reporting Caribbean, African or ‘other Black’ ethnicity; ‘Mixed’ comprises people with a Mixed ethnic background and ‘Other’ comprises those reporting any other ethnicity