Table 1
Mean or prevalence of selected health outcomes adjusted for age and sex, by fitness norm category, household population aged 15 to 69, Canada, 2007 to 2011

Table 1
Mean or prevalence of selected health outcomes adjusted for age and sex, by fitness norm category, household population aged 15 to 69, Canada, 2007 to 2011
Table summary
This table displays the results of Mean or prevalence of selected health outcomes adjusted for age and sex. The information is grouped by Fitness norm/Health outcome (appearing as row headers), Fitness norm category, Needs improvement, Fair, Good, Very good, Excellent, Mean / Prevalence and 95% confidence interval (appearing as column headers).
Fitness norm/Health outcome Fitness norm category
Needs improvement Fair Good Very good Excellent
Mean / Prevalence 95% confidence interval Mean / Prevalence 95% confidence interval Mean / Prevalence 95% confidence interval Mean / Prevalence 95% confidence interval Mean / Prevalence 95% confidence interval
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Cardiorespiratory fitness  
Waist (cm) 103.1 101.3 105.0 91.5Note * Note † 90.5 92.5 86.2Note * Note † 85.2 87.2 82.5Note * Note † 81.6 83.5 80.8Note * 79.2 82.3
Systolic BP (mmHg) 112.0 110.0 113.0 110.0Note * Note † 109.0 111.0 108.0Note * 107.0 109.0 106.0Note * 105.0 107.0 106.0Note * 103.0 109.0
Diastolic BP (mmHg) 72.0 71.0 73.0 71.0 71.0 72.0 71.0 70.0 72.0 69.0Note * 68.0 70.0 67.0Note * 65.0 70.0
HbA1c 5.7 5.6 5.8 5.6 5.5 5.7 5.5 5.4 5.6 5.5Note * 5.4 5.6 5.4Note * 5.3 5.5
TC/HDL 4.3 4.2 4.4 4.0Note * Note † 3.9 4.1 3.7Note * Note † 3.6 3.8 3.5Note * Note † 3.4 3.6 3.1Note * Note † 2.9 3.3
FEV1/FVC 78.3 77.6 79.1 79.1 78.4 79.7 78.8 78.2 79.4 78.8 77.9 79.6 79.6 78.8 80.3
Good/Very good/Excellent self-rated health (%) 87.7 84.3 91.0 93.9 91.4 96.5 96.2Note * 94.4 98.0 97.6Note * 95.5 99.8 99.2Note * 98.3 100.2
Satisfied/Very satisfied with life (%) 88.5 84.9 92.1 91.2 87.7 94.8 93.5 91.8 95.2 91.7 88.8 94.6 96.8Note * 95.1 98.4
Chronic condition (%) 48.2 42.0 54.4 39.5 34.2 44.8 34.4Note * 30.4 38.4 32.1Note * 26.8 37.4 26.8Note * 18.5 35.0
Grip strength  
Waist (cm) 89.6 88.3 90.9 90.4 88.8 92.0 91.2 90.1 92.3 94.5Note * 92.4 96.6 95.9Note * 94.2 97.6
Systolic BP (mmHg) 109.0 108.0 110.0 111.0 109.0 113.0 111.0 110.0 112.0 112.0Note * 110.0 113.0 111.0 110.0 113.0
Diastolic BP (mmHg) 71.0 70.0 71.0 72.0 70.0 73.0 71.0 70.0 72.0 72.0 71.0 73.0 72.0 71.0 72.0
HbA1c 5.7 5.6 5.8 5.6 5.5 5.7 5.6 5.5 5.7 5.6 5.5 5.7 5.6 5.5 5.7
TC/HDL 3.8 3.7 3.9 3.7 3.6 3.9 3.9 3.7 4.0 4.0 3.8 4.1 4.0Note * 3.9 4.2
FEV1/FVC 79.0 78.4 79.5 78.3 77.8 78.9 78.1 77.4 78.9 78.2 77.6 78.8 77.7Note * 76.9 78.4
Good/Very good/Excellent self-rated health (%) 86.3 83.9 88.8 89.8 87.0 92.6 91.9Note * 89.7 94.0 93.4Note * 91.2 95.5 92.2 88.6 95.7
Satisfied/Very satisfied with life (%) 87.6 85.2 89.9 87.5 83.9 91.1 89.2 85.7 92.6 91.0 88.6 93.4 92.0 88.9 95.1
Chronic condition (%) 49.2 44.7 53.7 46.9 42.8 51.0 45.9 42.5 49.2 44.0 39.1 48.8 48.6 43.2 54.1
Sit-and-reach  
Waist (cm) 94.7 92.9 96.4 93.0 91.8 94.2 90.5Note * Note † 89.4 91.7 88.2Note * 86.8 89.6 85.0Note * Note † 84.0 85.9
Systolic BP (mmHg) 111.0 110.0 112.0 110.0 109.0 112.0 110.0 109.0 112.0 111.0 108.0 113.0 109.0 107.0 111.0
Diastolic BP (mmHg) 71.0 70.0 72.0 71.0 70.0 72.0 71.0 70.0 72.0 72.0 70.0 74.0 71.0 70.0 72.0
HbA1c 5.7 5.6 5.8 5.6 5.6 5.7 5.6 5.5 5.8 5.6 5.5 5.7 5.5Note * 5.4 5.6
TC/HDL 4.0 3.8 4.1 3.9 3.8 4.1 3.9 3.8 4.0 3.8 3.6 3.9 3.6Note * 3.4 3.8
FEV1/FVC 78.9 78.3 79.6 78.3 77.8 78.8 78.3 77.7 78.9 77.9 77.2 78.5 78.2 77.3 79.0
Good/Very good/Excellent self-rated health (%) 87.9 85.6 90.2 92.3 90.3 94.3 89.0 85.6 92.4 95.1Note * 92.8 97.4 94.6Note * 91.2 97.9
Satisfied/Very satisfied with life (%) 88.4 85.6 91.1 88.8 85.5 92.1 90.5 87.7 93.3 90.5 86.7 94.2 91.4 87.7 95.0
Chronic condition (%) 47.0 42.8 51.3 44.8 39.9 49.6 47.6 43.5 51.7 44.8 40.1 49.6 42.3 36.6 48.1
Partial curl-up  
Waist (cm) 96.4 94.9 97.8 90.3Note * Note † 87.4 93.2 88.2Note * 86.4 89.9 88.2Note * 87.0 89.3 Note † 85.6Note * Note † 84.5 86.7
Systolic BP (mmHg) 110.0 109.0 112.0 110.0 108.0 112.0 108.0 107.0 110.0 108.0Note * 107.0 109.0 109.0 107.0 110.0
Diastolic BP (mmHg) 71.0 71.0 72.0 71.0 70.0 73.0 70.0 69.0 71.0 70.0 69.0 71.0 70.0 69.0 71.0
HbA1c 5.7 5.6 5.8 5.7 5.5 5.9 5.5Note * 5.4 5.6 5.5Note * 5.4 5.6 5.5Note * 5.4 5.6
TC/HDL 4.0 3.9 4.1 3.9 3.7 4.1 3.7Note * 3.6 3.8 3.8 3.6 4.0 3.6Note * 3.5 3.7
FEV1/FVC 79.0 78.4 79.5 79.2 77.9 80.5 78.0 77.3 78.7 78.2 77.4 79.1 78.1 77.6 78.6
Good/Very good/Excellent self-rated health (%) 89.0 86.6 91.4 93.3 88.5 98.0 92.0 87.5 96.6 96.3Note * 94.0 98.5 96.7Note * 95.3 98.2
Satisfied/Very satisfied with life (%) 90.1 88.0 92.2 89.7 83.9 95.6 89.5 84.0 95.1 90.6 86.5 94.8 93.9 92.1 95.6
Chronic condition (%) 46.5 42.5 50.5 49.2 41.1 57.2 40.9 33.1 48.7 38.3Note * 34.5 42.1 40.0 35.6 44.4
Back fitness  
Waist (cm)Note ‡ Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Systolic BP (mmHg) 114.0 113.0 115.0 112.0Note * Note † 111.0 113.0 109.0Note * Note † 108.0 110.0 109.0Note * 108.0 110.0 110.0Note * 108.0 112.0
Diastolic BP (mmHg) 73.0 72.0 73.0 73.0 72.0 74.0 71.0Note * Note † 70.0 71.0 70.0Note * 70.0 71.0 71.0 69.0 73.0
HbA1c 5.9 5.8 6.0 5.7Note * Note † 5.6 5.8 5.6Note * 5.5 5.7 5.5Note * 5.4 5.6 5.5Note * 5.4 5.6
TC/HDL 4.4 4.3 4.6 4.1Note * Note † 4.0 4.2 3.8Note * Note † 3.7 3.9 3.6Note * Note † 3.5 3.7 3.4Note * Note † 3.3 3.5
FEV1/FVC 79.1 78.4 79.8 79.0 78.2 79.8 78.4 77.9 79.0 77.8Note * 77.3 78.3 77.5Note * 76.7 78.2
Good/Very good/Excellent self-rated health (%) 80.5 77.6 83.5 88.5Note * Note † 85.7 91.2 92.1Note * 89.7 94.6 93.5Note * 92.1 95.0 93.9Note * 90.8 96.9
Satisfied/Very satisfied with life (%) 84.8 81.1 88.4 88.4 85.1 91.7 89.5 86.8 92.2 89.7 87.9 91.5 92.2Note * 88.6 95.7
Chronic condition (%) 61.4 57.4 65.4 48.5Note * Note † 44.3 52.6 44.3Note * 38.8 49.9 41.0Note * 37.3 44.8 44.2Note * 38.2 50.1
Musculoskeletal fitness  
Waist (cm) 95.1 93.4 96.9 91.9Note * Note † 90.4 93.5 91.8Note * 90.1 93.4 90.4Note * 89.3 91.5 88.4Note * 86.5 90.3
Systolic BP (mmHg) 110.0 109.0 112.0 110.0 109.0 111.0 111.0 110.0 113.0 111.0 110.0 113.0 110.0 108.0 112.0
Diastolic BP (mmHg) 71.0 70.0 73.0 71.0 70.0 72.0 72.0 71.0 73.0 72.0 71.0 73.0 70.0 69.0 72.0
HbA1c 5.8 5.6 5.9 5.7 5.6 5.8 5.6Note * 5.5 5.7 5.6Note * 5.5 5.7 5.5Note * 5.4 5.6
TC/HDL 4.0 3.9 4.1 3.9 3.8 4.0 3.9 3.7 4.0 3.8 3.7 4.0 3.8 3.5 4.0
FEV1/FVC 78.9 78.2 79.7 78.8 78.2 79.3 78.3 77.8 78.7 77.9 77.2 78.6 76.7 75.0 78.3
Good/Very good/Excellent self-rated health (%) 83.0 78.6 87.3 88.6 86.8 90.4 91.8Note * 89.9 93.7 94.3Note * 92.3 96.2 93.7Note * 89.4 98.0
Satisfied/Very satisfied with life (%) 84.1 79.7 88.6 88.5 86.0 91.0 89.5 87.0 92.1 92.8Note * 90.9 94.6 88.5 81.7 95.2
Chronic condition (%) 55.3 50.3 60.2 45.9Note * Note † 41.9 50.0 45.7 41.3 50.1 46.9 43.4 50.4 40.2 29.5 50.8
... not applicable
Note *

significantly different from Needs improvement (p < 0.005)

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Note †

significantly different from preceding category (p < 0.005)

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Note ‡

waist circumference not presented as health outcome because it is used to calculate back fitness

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BP = blood pressure
HbA1c = glycated hemoglobin
TC/HDL = total cholesterol/high-density lipoprotein
FEV1 = forced expiratory volume in one second
FVC = forced vital capacity
Source: 2007 to 2009 and 2009 to 2011 Canadian Health Measures Survey, combined.
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