Table 2.
Associations Among Self-Reported Health and Lifestyle Factors and Body Mass Index and Waist Circumference
| BMI (kg/m2)*,† |
Waist Circumference (cm)‡ |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Factor | Overall N | <25 % | 25–29.9 % | 30–34.9 % | ≥35 % | p | Overall N | Acceptable % | High % | p |
| Total | 11,243 | 20.47 | 32.43 | 25.74 | 21.36 | 11,236 | 35.43 | 64.57 | ||
| Cigarette smoking status | ||||||||||
| Never | 7679 | 18.26 | 32.80 | 27.06 | 21.88 | 0.01 | 7676 | 31.51 | 68.49 | 0.02 |
| Former | 664 | 12.50 | 31.63 | 27.71 | 28.16 | 662 | 29.46 | 70.54 | ||
| Current | 2803 | 28.43 | 31.57 | 21.58 | 18.41 | 2801 | 47.63 | 52.37 | ||
| Self-reported health | ||||||||||
| Excellent/very good | 3435 | 26.55 | 36.45 | 23.64 | 13.36 | <0.01 | 3430 | 44.99 | 55.01 | <0.01 |
| Good | 4687 | 19.31 | 32.66 | 26.61 | 21.42 | 4686 | 34.23 | 65.77 | ||
| Fair/poor | 2974 | 15.16 | 27.34 | 26.73 | 30.77 | 2972 | 26.31 | 73.69 | ||
| Language used at home | ||||||||||
| Native | 1159 | 19.84 | 35.63 | 25.11 | 19.41 | 0.87 | 1159 | 38.05 | 61.95 | 0.87 |
| English | 4667 | 22.48 | 30.88 | 24.68 | 21.96 | 4663 | 37.79 | 62.21 | ||
| Both | 5270 | 18.82 | 33.06 | 26.85 | 21.27 | 5267 | 32.79 | 67.21 | ||
| Identify with tribal tradition | ||||||||||
| A lot | 4425 | 19.14 | 34.24 | 25.58 | 21.04 | 0.97 | 4422 | 34.89 | 65.11 | 0.17 |
| Some | 3804 | 20.53 | 32.05 | 26.00 | 21.42 | 3804 | 36.12 | 63.88 | ||
| A little | 2239 | 22.69 | 29.43 | 25.90 | 21.97 | 2234 | 35.63 | 64.37 | ||
| Not at all | 676 | 21.30 | 32.25 | 24.85 | 21.60 | 677 | 34.12 | 65.88 | ||
| N | Mean (SE) | Mean (SE) | Mean (SE) | Mean (SE) | N | Mean (SE) | Mean (SE) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SF12 PCS† | 11,009 | 50.5 (0.21) | 50.1 (0.18 | 49.5 (0.20) | 47.6 (0.22) | <0.01 | 11,009 | 50.6 ( 0.17) | 48.7 (0.15) | <0.01 |
| SF12 MCS† | 11,009 | 46.3 (0.19) | 46.6 (0.16 | 46.9 (0.18) | 46.4 (0.20) | 0.27 | 11,009 | 46.5 (0.16) | 46.6 (0.14) | <0.01 |
| Vigorous activity | 11,160 | 4.9 (0.22) | 3.8 (0.18 | 3.14 (0.20) | 2.3 (0.22) | <0.01 | 11,168 | 4.6 (0.17) | 2.8 (0.16) | <0.01 |
| TV/video games† | 11,111 | 13.4 (0.30) | 13.2 (0.25) | 14.1 (0.28) | 15.1 (0.30) | <0.01 | 11,119 | 13.1 (0.24) | 14.4 (0.21) | <0.01 |
*
Analysis was adjusted for age, gender, and region as described in the methods for continuous and categorical variables.
†
BMI indicates body mass index; SF12 PCS, 12-quesiion short-form survey physical component summary; SF12 MCS, 12-question short-form survey mental component summary; TV, television.
‡
Accepiable waist circumference is ≤102 cm for men and ≤88 cm for women; values above this are considered high.