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Table 1 Descriptive statistics

From: DNA methylation outlier burden, health, and ageing in Generation Scotland and the Lothian Birth Cohorts of 1921 and 1936

Generation Scotland

    

N

7010

 Females

4076 (58%)

 Mean age

51 (13)

 Outlier burden

1119 (3361)

LBC1921

    
 

Wave 1

Wave 2

Wave 3

Wave 4

N

430

173

82

 Females

260 (60%)

94 (54%)

44 (54%)

 Mean age

79 (0.58)

87 (0.40)

90 (0.10)

 Outlier burden

2039 (3280)

2330 (3901)

1717 (2029)

LBC1936

 

Wave 1

Wave 2

Wave 3

Wave 4

N

898

793

607

502

 Females

445 (50%)

376 (47%)

291 (48%)

249 (50%)

 Mean age

70 (0.83)

73 (0.70)

76 (0.67)

79 (0.62)

 Outlier burden

2197 (3203)

2729 (6020)

2293 (6861)

1423 (2845)

  1. Sample numbers (N) alongside their proportion in the entire sample (in %) are reported for categorical variables. Mean (M) and standard deviation (SD) values are reported for continuous variables