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Table 1 Body mass indexa of Alberta’s Tomorrow Project participants by socio-demographic categoriesb

From: Measures of excess body weight and anthropometry among adult Albertans: cross-sectional results from Alberta’s tomorrow project cohort

  

Men (n = 12,062) (%)

Women (n = 18,853) (%)

Variables

n

Underweight (0.2)

Normal (23.0)

Overweight (48.4)

Obese (28.4)

n

Underweight (1.1)

Normal (39.4)

Overweight (33.2)

Obese (26.4)

Age

 35–44

3860

0.2

27.1

48.0

24.7

6173

1.5

48.0

29.2

21.3

 45–54

4283

0.1

22.5

48.6

28.8

6623

1.0

39.3

33.3

26.5

 55–64

2924

0.1

20.0

48.2

31.7

4479

0.7

31.4

36.6

31.3

  ≥ 65

995

0.2

18.6

50.2

31.1

1578

1.1

29.2

38.2

31.5

 missing

0

    

0

    

Education

 High school not completed

1323

0.2

18.5

47.2

34.2

1694

1.1

28.5

34.5

35.9

 High school completed

1793

0.3

18.5

49.2

32.1

3916

1.1

35.1

33.8

30.0

 Some post-secondaryc

2248

0.1

20.6

46.9

32.4

4197

1.2

36.4

34.2

28.2

 Post-secondary completed

6696

0.2

25.9

49.0

24.9

9042

1.0

44.7

32.2

22.1

 missing

2

    

4

    

Marital Status

 Married/Living with partner

9959

0.1

21.8

49.5

28.6

14,251

1.0

40.3

33.6

25.1

 Single (never married)

792

0.6

34.2

37.8

27.4

1025

1.6

35.1

28.1

35.2

 Divorced/separated/widowed

1308

0.1

25.8

46.6

27.5

3571

1.3

37.2

32.9

28.7

 missing

3

    

6

    

Household Incomed

  < $30,000

1107

0.5

26.8

43.4

29.3

2972

1.6

31.8

31.2

35.4

 $30,000–$49,000

2976

0.2

24.9

45.9

29.0

5347

1.0

35.1

34.9

29.0

 $50,000–$79,000

3333

0.1

23.2

48.7

28.0

4463

0.9

39.8

32.9

26.4

  ≥ $80,000

4457

0.1

20.7

51.1

28.1

5507

1.0

47.8

32.1

19.1

 missing

189

    

564

    

Occupational Status

 Full Time

9178

0.1

23.5

49.0

27.4

8452

1.0

39.9

32.7

26.4

 Part Time/Homemaker

777

0.1

25.2

50.5

24.2

6767

1.2

43.1

32.3

23.4

 Unemployed/Student

302

0.0

25.8

42.1

32.1

490

2.0

38.8

32.5

26.7

 Retired

1419

0.2

18.3

47.8

33.8

2471

0.8

30.7

37.6

31.0

 Other

383

0.5

21.9

39.2

38.4

664

1.4

28.0

31.6

39.0

 missing

3

    

9

    

Geographic Locatione

 Rural

2755

0.1

20.1

48.1

31.7

4563

0.9

34.0

33.8

31.3

 Urban

9307

0.2

23.9

48.5

27.4

14,290

1.1

41.2

33.0

24.8

 missing

0

    

0

    

Smoking Status

 Current daily smoker

1918

0.4

31.0

45.7

22.9

2862

2.9

40.1

33.4

23.6

 Current occasional smoker

420

0.0

21.4

49.5

29.1

544

1.7

41.2

35.9

21.3

 Former smoker

4730

0.1

17.0

49.5

33.4

6773

0.6

35.1

33.9

30.4

 Never smoker

4985

0.2

25.8

48.4

25.6

8655

0.8

42.5

32.3

24.4

 missing

9

    

19

    
  1. Note: all the variables tested were highly significantly different, assessed by Pearson chi-square test (p < 0.001)
  2. aBMI derived from participant self-reported height and weight. BMI is missing for 157 participants (54 men and 103 women)
  3. bAlberta’s Tomorrow Project data at enrolment
  4. cSome post-secondary includes combined responses to: some technical school/ college, completed technical school/ college, part of university degree completed
  5. dIncome data are in response to a question about total household income before tax.
  6. eGeographic location determined using postal codes, with rural areas identified according to rural postal code classification (second digit = 0)