Exploring health in the UK Biobank: associations with sociodemographic characteristics, psychosocial factors, lifestyle and environmental exposures – BMC Medicine

Background A greater understanding of the factors that are associated with favourable health may help increase longevity and healthy life expectancy. We examined sociodemographic, psychosocial, lifestyle and environmental exposures associated with multiple health indicators. Methods UK Biobank recruited > 500,000 participants, aged 37–73, between 2006 and 2010. Health indicators examined were 81…

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