Figure 1.
Rate of participation in the UK Biobank according to sex (A), age at recruitment (B), Townsend deprivation score (C), and region of residence (D), 2006–2010. For numerators and denominators, see Web Table 1. Participants were assigned a Townsend deprivation score corresponding to the output area of their residential postcode (most deprived: ≥2.00; average: −2.00 to 1.99; least deprived: <−2.00). UK, United Kingdom.
