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Table 1 Summary statistics for the modelled baseline population, based on sampling of 100,000 individuals aged 16 and over from the Health Survey for England 2014 [18], reweighted to reflect the age, sex, ethnicity and socioeconomic distributions of Greater London

From: The health, cost and equity impacts of restrictions on the advertisement of high fat, salt and sugar products across the transport for London network: a health economic modelling study

Characteristic

Mean

Standard Deviation

Age (years)

43.1

17.6

Body mass index (kg/m2)

27.3

5.6

Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg)

123.5

16.3

Total cholesterol (mmol/L)

5.02

1.07

Glycated Haemoglobin (HbA1c, %)

5.61

0.90

 

Percentage of Population

Number Greater London

Male

48.8%

3,488,206

White ethnicity

63.5%

4,543,225

Asian ethnicity

14.5%

1,035,859

Other ethnicity

18.5%

1,324,190

NS-SEC: High (least deprived)

31.4%

2,245,232

NS-SEC: Mid

51.6%

3,691,817

NS-SEC: Low (most deprived)

17.0%

1,212,232

IMD1 (least deprived)

10.2%

726,510

IMD2

15.8%

1,127,084

IMD3

21.2%

1,515,719

IMD4

30.7%

2,193,542

IMD5 (most deprived)

22.2%

1,586,425

Obese

27.4%

1,957,963

Overweight

38.0%

2,713,470

  1. NS-SEC National Statistics Socioeconomic Classification, IMD Index of multiple deprivation