Table 3
Adjusted odds ratios relating overweight/obesity and obesity to selected characteristics, household population aged 19 to 50, Ontario and western provinces, 2004

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  Overweight/Obesity (BMI ≥ 25) Obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
Adjusted odds ratios 95% confidence interval Adjusted odds ratios 95% confidence interval
Sex
Men 1.9 1.5 to 2.4 1.2 0.9 to 1.6
Women* 1.0 1.0
Leisure-time physical activity
Active* 1.0 1.0
Inactive 1.3 1.0 to 1.6 1.9 1.4 to 2.5
Education
Less than secondary graduation 1.6 0.9 to 2.9 1.8 1.0 to 3.5
Secondary graduation or more* 1.0 1.0
Household income
Low 1.0 0.6 to 1.5 0.9 0.5 to 1.5
Middle/High* 1.0 1.0
Aboriginal identity
Aboriginal (off-reserve) 1.8 1.1 to 2.9 2.6 1.5 to 4.3
Non-Aboriginal* 1.0 1.0
† significantly different from estimate for 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.