Health measures of Eeyouch (Cree) who are eligible to participate in the on-the-land Income Security Program in Eeyou Istchee (northern Quebec, Canada)

Table 2 Linear regression model results assessing the association of eligibility to participate in the Income Security Program (ISP) with specific health measures

Health measure	Unadjusted beta-coefficient		Adjusted beta-coefficient
Health measure	β₁ (95% CI)	p-value	β₁ (95% CI)	p-value
Activity (hours/week)
Vigorous	1.977 (1.252–2.703)	< 0.001	1.623 (0.814–2.431)	< 0.001
Moderate	1.675 (0.973–2.378)	< 0.001	1.556 (0.780–2.333)	< 0.001
Walking	− 0.171 (− 1.101–0.760)	0.719	−0.068 (− 1.079–0.943)	0.895
Anthropometry
BMI (kg/m²)	1.236 (− 0.556–3.028)	0.177	0.812 (− 1.046–2.670)	0.392
Waist (cm)	4.210 (0.517–7.902)	0.026	0.284 (− 3.572–4.139)	0.885
Traditional diet (nmol/L)
Omega-3	1.503 (1.052–1.954)	< 0.001	0.534 (0.188–0.879)	0.003
Lipid^a (nmol/L)
Cholesterol	0.013 (0.003–0.023)	0.014	0.001 (− 0.010–0.011)	0.880
LDL^a	0.027 (0.004–0.049)	0.022	−0.002 (− 0.026–0.021)	0.840
HDL^a	0.002 (− 0.011–0.016)	0.730	0.001 (− 0.013–0.016)	0.874
Inflammatory Marker
TNF-α (pg/mL)^a	−0.027 (− 0.146–0.092)	0.658	−0.024 (− 0.151–0.103)	0.714
IL-6 (pg/mL)^a	0.086 (− 0.009–0.180)	0.078	0.093 (− 0.005–0.191)	0.063
CRP (mg/L)	0.109 (− 2.491–2.708)	0.935	0.444 (− 2.357–3.245)	0.756
Contaminant (nmol/L)
Blood [Hg]^a	0.297 (0.173–0.422)	< 0.001	− 0.052 (− 0.171–0.066)	0.385

Note:
Bold indicates statistical significance at p < 0.05
Unadjusted model: health measure dependent variable only
Adjusted model: unadjusted model + age, sex, smoking (smoking added to inflammatory marker models only)
^a log-transformed
Key: BMI body mass index, CI confidence intervals, Omega-3 omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, LDL low density lipoprotein, HDL high density lipoprotein, TNF-α tumor necrosis factor-alpha, IL-6 interleukin-6, CRP c-reactive protein, [Hg] mercury concentration

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