Table 2 Health and well-being characteristics by salmon eating in Syilx Okanagan adults in British Columbia, Canada

N

265

40

98

127

BMI (kg/m²) (mean (95% CI))

31.0 (30.1–31.9)

33.1 (29.7–36.5)

30.3 (28.9–31.8)

30.9 (29.8–32.1)

Weight status (n (%))

 Normal-weight

87 (32.8)

17 (42.5)

34 (34.7)

36 (28.3)

 Overweight

59 (22.3)

6 (15.0)

23 (23.5)

30 (23.6)

 Obesity

119 (44.9)

17 (42.5)

41 (41.8)

61 (48.0)

Physical health (n (%))

 Poor/fair

101 (39.2)

19 (50.0)

38 (39.2)

44 (35.8)

 Good/very good/excellent

157 (60.8)

19 (50.0)

59 (62.8)

79 (64.2)

Diabetes (n (%))

 Yes

38 (14.8)

5 (13.5)

14 (14.7)

19 (15.2)

 No

219 (85.2)

32 (86.5)

81 (85.3)

106 (84.8)

Hypertension (n (%))

 Yes

55 (21.5)

9 (24.3)

17 (17.7)

29 (23.6)

 No

201 (78.5)

28 (75.7)

79 (82.3)

94 (76.4)

Cardiovascular disease (n (%))

 Yes

13 (5.1)

3 (8.1)

6 (6.3)

4 (3.3)

 No

243 (94.9)

34 (81.9)

90 (93.7)

119 (96.7)

Physical activity (n (%))

 Less active than average

58 (22.7)

13 (35.1)

22 (22.7)

23 (19.0)

 Average or above

197 (77.3)

24 (64.9)

75 (77.3)

98 (81.0)

Smoking (n (%))

 Yes

80 (30.8)

11 (29.0)

30 (30.9)

39 (31.2)

 No

180 (69.2)

27 (71.0)

67 (69.1)

86 (68.8)

Mental health (n (%))

 Poor/fair

45 (17.5)

9 (23.7)

18 (18.6)

18 (14.9)

 Good/very good/excellent

211 (82.4)

29 (76.3)

79 (81.4)

103 (85.1)

Stress (n (%))

 Stressful (extremely, quite a bit, a bit)

170 (67.2)

24 (64.9)

73 (76.8)

73 (60.3)

 Not very/ not at all stressful

83 (32.8)

13 (34.1)

22 (23.2)

48 (39.7)

 Yes (very, satisfied)

213 (83.5)

28 (75.7)

75 (78.9)

110 (89.4)

 No (neither, somewhat and very dissatisfied)

42 (16.5)

9 (24.3)

20 (21.0)

13 (10.6)