Table 5
Unadjusted and adjusted odds ratios relating selected characteristics to overweight/obesity, household population aged 12 to 19 in Census Metropolitan Areas, Canada, 2007/2008

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Table 5
Unadjusted and adjusted odds ratios relating selected characteristics to overweight/obesity, household population aged 12 to 19 in Census Metropolitan Areas, Canada, 2007/2008
Table summary
This table displays the results of unadjusted and adjusted odds ratios relating selected characteristics to overweight/obesity. This information is grouped by bivariate model, individual-level model (appearing as column headers), calculated using 95% confidence interval, unadjusted odds ratio, adjusted odds ratio as a unit of measure.
  Bivariate model Individual-level model
Unadjusted odds ratio 95% confidence interval Adjusted odds ratio 95% confidence interval
from to from to
Urban sprawl  
1 standard deviation in sprawl score 1.04 0.94 1.16 1.06 0.94 1.18
Individual-level variables  
Sex  
MaleNote 1.00 ... ... 1.00 ... ...
Female 0.52Note * 0.44 0.62 0.51Note * 0.43 0.61
Age group  
12 to 15Note 1.00 ... ... 1.00 ... ...
16 to 19 1.23Note * 1.04 1.46 1.25Note * 1.05 1.49
Highest household education  
Less than secondary graduationNote 1.00 ... ... ... ... ...
Secondary graduation 0.54Note * 0.31 0.95 ... ... ...
Postsecondary graduation 0.42Note * 0.25 0.71 ... ... ...
Not stated 0.48Note * 0.28 0.83 ... ... ...
Household income decile  
1 to 3Note 1.00 ... ... 1.00 ... ...
4 to 6 0.88 0.69 1.12 0.85 0.66 1.08
7 to 10 0.70Note * 0.55 0.89 0.67Note * 0.52 0.85
Not stated 0.93 0.72 1.19 0.88 0.68 1.14
N = 6,215
reference category
* significantly different from reference category (p<0.05)
... not applicable
Source: 2007/2008 Canadian Community Health Survey.