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Table B
Adjusted odds ratios relating socio-demographic factors, health-promoting factors and number of chronic conditions to good health, by age group, household population aged 45 or older, Canada, 2009
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| Characteristics | 45 to 64 | 65 or older | ||||
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| Adjusted odds ratio | 95% confidence interval | Adjusted odds ratio | 95% confidence interval | |||
| from | to | from | to | |||
| Socio-demographic factors | ||||||
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Sex
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Men |
1.0 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.1 |
Women† |
1.0 | … | … | 1.0 | … | … |
Age (continuous) |
1.00 | 0.98 | 1.01 | 0.92* | 0.92 | 0.93 |
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Education
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Less than secondary graduation |
0.7* | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.1 |
Secondary graduation† |
1.0 | … | … | 1.0 | … | … |
Postsecondary graduation |
1.2 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.3 |
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Lives alone
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Yes |
0.8 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.1 |
No† |
1.0 | … | … | 1.0 | … | … |
| Health-promoting factors | ||||||
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Smoking status
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Current daily smoker/Quit in past 15 years† |
1.0 | … | … | 1.0 | … | … |
Never smoked daily/Quit for 15 or more years |
1.2 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 1.4* | 1.2 | 1.6 |
|
Body mass index (BMI)
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Obese† |
1.0 | … | … | 1.0 | … | … |
Not obese |
1.1 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 1.6* | 1.4 | 1.9 |
|
Sleeps well
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Yes |
1.9* | 1.6 | 2.2 | 1.7* | 1.5 | 2.0 |
No† |
1.0 | … | … | 1.0 | … | … |
|
Fruit/Vegetable consumption
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Five or more times per day |
1.4* | 1.2 | 1.7 | 1.3* | 1.2 | 1.5 |
Less than five times per day† |
1.0 | … | … | 1.0 | … | … |
|
Good oral health
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Yes |
2.6* | 2.1 | 3.2 | 1.8* | 1.6 | 2.2 |
No† |
1.0 | … | … | 1.0 | … | … |
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Frequent walker
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Yes |
1.2* | 1.0 | 1.4 | 1.4* | 1.2 | 1.6 |
No† |
1.0 | … | … | 1.0 | … | … |
|
Frequent social participation
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Yes |
1.4* | 1.2 | 1.7 | 1.5* | 1.3 | 1.7 |
No† |
1.0 | … | … | 1.0 | … | … |
|
Low daily stress
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Yes |
1.6* | 1.4 | 1.9 | 1.6* | 1.4 | 1.7 |
No† |
1.0 | … | … | 1.0 | … | … |
| Number of chronic conditions | ||||||
| None† | 1.0 | … | … | 1.0 | … | … |
| 1 | 0.4* | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.7* | 0.6 | 0.9 |
| 2 | 0.2* | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.5* | 0.4 | 0.6 |
| 3 | 0.1* | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3* | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| 4 or more | 0.1* | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1* | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| † reference category * significantly different from estimate for reference category (p < 0.05) ... not applicable Source: 2009 Canadian Community Health Survey — Healthy Aging. |
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