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. 2023 Nov 4;23:569. doi: 10.1186/s12905-023-02732-2

Table 1.

Demographic and anthropometric characteristics of survey respondents

Respondent characteristics for N = 194 N [%]
Residence Alberta 180 [92.8]
Outside of Alberta in Canadaa 15 [7.7]
Birthplace Born in Canada 176 [90.7]
Born outside of Canada 19 [9.8]
Sex and Gender identification Female 193 [99.5]
LGBTQ +  9 [4.6]
Non-binary/gender fluid 1 [0.5]
Ethnicity Caucasian/White 164 [84.5]
Asian 14 [7.2]
African/Black 6 [3.1]
Indigenous/First Nations 4 [2.1]
Other 6 [3.1]
Self-identified member of minority group No 157 [80.9]
Yes 27 [13.9]
Prefer not to answer 10 [5.2]
Disability No 147 [75.8]
Yes 36 [18.6]
Prefer not to answer 11 [5.7]
range [mean ± SD]
Age (years) 21 – 79 33.98 ± 8.36
Height (cm)b 152 – 185 165.83 ± 6.95
Body weight (kg)b 34.0 – 168.0 95.93 ± 26.90
Body mass index calculated (kg/m2) 14.6 – 61.6 34.90 ± 9.38

aincludes 6 from Ontario, 3 from British Columbia, 3 from Atlantic Canada and one each from Saskatchewan, Quebec and NWT/Yukon/Nunavut

bheight was not reported for 6 respondents and weight was not reported for 3 respondents; BMI could not be calculated for 9 respondents