Table 2
Adjusted odds ratios relating overweight/obesity and obesity to selected characteristics, by Aboriginal identity, household population aged 19 to 50, Ontario and western provinces, 2004
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| Overweight/Obesity (BMI ≥ 25) | Obesity (BMI ≥ 30) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aboriginal (off-reserve) | Non-Aboriginal | Aboriginal (off-reserve) | Non-Aboriginal | |||||
| Adjusted odds ratio | 95% confidence interval | Adjusted odds ratio | 95% confidence interval | Adjusted odds ratio | 95% confidence interval | Adjusted odds ratio | 95% confidence interval | |
| Sex | ||||||||
| Men | 1.7 | 0.6 to 4.5 | 1.9† | 1.5 to 2.5 | 0.9 | 0.3 to 2.5 | 1.2 | 0.9 to 1.7 |
| Women* | 1.0 | … | 1.0 | … | 1.0 | … | 1.0 | … |
| Leisure-time physical activity | ||||||||
| Active* | 1.0 | … | 1.0 | … | 1.0 | … | 1.0 | … |
| Inactive | 2.8† | 1.1 to 7.2 | 1.2 | 1.0 to 1.6 | 3.2† | 1.3 to 7.7 | 1.8† | 1.3 to 2.4 |
| Education | ||||||||
| Less than secondary graduation | 0.3† | 0.1 to 0.9 | 1.9 | 1.0 to 3.5 | 0.4 | 0.1 to 1.4 | 2.1† | 1.1 to 4.0 |
| Secondary graduation or more* | 1.0 | … | 1.0 | … | 1.0 | … | 1.0 | … |
| Household income | ||||||||
| Low | 0.9 | 0.3 to 2.6 | 1.0 | 0.6 to 1.6 | 1.7 | 0.7 to 4.5 | 0.8 | 0.5 to 1.5 |
| Middle/High* | 1.0 | … | 1.0 | … | 1.0 | … | 1.0 | … |
| † significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05) | ||||||||
| * reference category | ||||||||
| Note: BMI = body mass index | ||||||||
| Data source: 2004 Canadian Community Health Survey: Nutrition. | ||||||||
| Table source: Statistics Canada, 2008, "Obesity and the eating habits of the Aboriginal population", Health Reports, Vol. 19, No. 1, catalogue number 82-003-XWE. | ||||||||
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