Table 2
Unadjusted and adjusted odds ratios (OR) relating selected characteristics to functional limitations among men aged 20 or older with arthritis, household population, Canada excluding territories, 2008/2009

Table 2
Unadjusted and adjusted odds ratios (OR) relating selected characteristics to functional limitations among men aged 20 or older with arthritis, household population, Canada excluding territories, 2008/2009
 Table summary
 This table displays the results of unadjusted and adjusted odds ratios (OR) relating selected characteristics to functional limitations among men aged 20 or older with arthritis. The information is grouped by characteristic (appearing as row headers), model 1, model 2, unadjusted OR and 95% confidence interval (from and to) (appearing as column headers).
Characteristic Model 1 Model 2
Unadjusted OR 95% confidence interval Adjusted OR 95% confidence interval
from to from to
Health and health-related factors  
Log years with arthritis 1.27Note * 1.04 1.56 1.18 0.95 1.46
Chronic conditions  
DisablingNote ‡ 1.91Note * 1.37 2.65 1.80Note * 1.28 2.52
NondisablingNote ‡ 1.06 0.80 1.40 0.78 0.57 1.08
Life-threateningNote ‡ 1.51Note * 1.10 2.07 1.54Note * 1.08 2.20
Smoking  
NeverNote † Note …: not applicable Note …: not applicable Note …: not applicable 1.00 Note …: not applicable Note …: not applicable
Former Note …: not applicable Note …: not applicable Note …: not applicable 1.33 0.74 2.38
Current Note …: not applicable Note …: not applicable Note …: not applicable 1.28 0.70 2.32
Alcohol use  
NondrinkerNote † Note …: not applicable Note …: not applicable Note …: not applicable 1.00 Note …: not applicable Note …: not applicable
Occasional Note …: not applicable Note …: not applicable Note …: not applicable 0.86 0.46 1.59
Habitual Note …: not applicable Note …: not applicable Note …: not applicable 0.93 0.56 1.55
Physical activity  
ActiveNote † Note …: not applicable Note …: not applicable Note …: not applicable 1.00 Note …: not applicable Note …: not applicable
Moderate Note …: not applicable Note …: not applicable Note …: not applicable 0.76 0.41 1.41
Inactive Note …: not applicable Note …: not applicable Note …: not applicable 1.57 0.93 2.66
Body mass index (BMI)  
NormalNote † Note …: not applicable Note …: not applicable Note …: not applicable 1.00 Note …: not applicable Note …: not applicable
Overweight Note …: not applicable Note …: not applicable Note …: not applicable 1.21 0.75 1.94
Obese Note …: not applicable Note …: not applicable Note …: not applicable 1.81Note * 1.06 3.09
Socio-demographic factors  
Age group  
20 to 54Note † Note …: not applicable Note …: not applicable Note …: not applicable 1.00 Note …: not applicable Note …: not applicable
55 to 74 Note …: not applicable Note …: not applicable Note …: not applicable 0.88 0.50 1.55
75 or older Note …: not applicable Note …: not applicable Note …: not applicable 0.57 0.30 1.08
Marital status  
Married/Common-lawNote † Note …: not applicable Note …: not applicable Note …: not applicable 1.00 Note …: not applicable Note …: not applicable
Widowed Note …: not applicable Note …: not applicable Note …: not applicable 1.24 0.52 2.97
Divorced/Separated Note …: not applicable Note …: not applicable Note …: not applicable 1.07 0.53 2.18
Never married Note …: not applicable Note …: not applicable Note …: not applicable 1.70 0.93 3.09
Region  
AtlanticNote † Note …: not applicable Note …: not applicable Note …: not applicable 1.00 Note …: not applicable Note …: not applicable
British Columbia Note …: not applicable Note …: not applicable Note …: not applicable 0.46Note * 0.21 1.00
Ontario Note …: not applicable Note …: not applicable Note …: not applicable 0.96 0.55 1.66
Prairies Note …: not applicable Note …: not applicable Note …: not applicable 1.16 0.64 2.09
Quebec Note …: not applicable Note …: not applicable Note …: not applicable 0.95 0.50 1.80
Socio-economic factors  
Education            
Less than secondary graduation Note …: not applicable Note …: not applicable Note …: not applicable 1.07 0.64 1.78
Secondary graduation/Some postsecondary Note …: not applicable Note …: not applicable Note …: not applicable 1.31 0.77 2.25
Postsecondary graduationNote † Note …: not applicable Note …: not applicable Note …: not applicable 1.00 Note …: not applicable Note …: not applicable
Household income  
Low Note …: not applicable Note …: not applicable Note …: not applicable 1.74Note * 1.03 2.92
Missing Note …: not applicable Note …: not applicable Note …: not applicable 0.87 0.42 1.80
HighNote † Note …: not applicable Note …: not applicable Note …: not applicable 1.00 Note …: not applicable Note …: not applicable
† reference category
‡ modelled as continuous variables
* significantly different from reference category (p<0.05)
... not applicable
Note: Because of rounding, odds ratio with 1.00 as upper confidence limit is statistically significant.
Sources: 2008 Canadian Community Health Survey; 2009 Survey of Living with Chronic Diseases in Canada.
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