Table 1. Characteristics of overall study sample, Canada, 2001–2009.

Characteristic		Weighted Frequency	Percent %	p
Sex	Male	1 050 611	52.8	<0.001
	Female	940 441	47.2
Self-reported Ethnicity	Chinese	628 857	31.6	<0.001
	South Asian	625 916	31.4
	Filipino	231 719	11.6
	Southeast Asian	156 683	7.9
	Arab	141 199	7.1
	West Asian	96 783	4.9
	Japanese	32 682	1.6
	Korean	77 213	3.9
BMI Category (kg/m2) – Asian	18.5–<23	863 919	43.4	<0.001
	23–<27.5	825 751	41.5
	≥27.5	301 383	15.1
Marital Status	Single, Never Married	549 683	27.6	<0.001
	Everyone else	1 441 370	72.4
Highest Household Education Level	Less than high schoolgraduation	58 448	3.2	<0.001
	High school graduation	173 816	9.4
	Some post-secondary	102 668	5.6
	College or university degree	1 515 356	81.9
Household Income Quartile	Lowest income quartile	222 356	12.9	<0.001
	Lower middle income quartile	366 876	21.3
	Upper middle income quartile	545 034	31.7
	Highest income quartile	586 735	34.1
Can have a conversationin English		1 792 143	90.0	<0.001
Immigrant to Canada		1 678 269	85.0	<0.001
Smoking	Never Smoked	1 300 063	65.3	<0.001
	Ever Smoked	690 990	34.7
Alcohol	Regular	783 389	39.5	<0.001
	Occasional Drinker	386 550	19.5
	Did not drink in last year	814 260	41.0
Physician diagnosed highblood pressure		192 267	9.7	<0.001
Physician diagnosed diabetes		82 440	4.1	<0.001
Physician diagnosed heartdisease		34 296	1.7	<0.001
At least 1 chronic disease		260 789	13.1	<0.001
Physical Activity Level	Active	376 597	19.4	<0.001
	Moderate	403 684	20.8
	Inactive	1 163 972	59.9
Sedentary time (Tertiles)	< = 14 hrs/wk	396 700	36.5	0.004
	15–24 hrs/wk	364 421	33.5
	25−>45 hrs/wk	327 215	30.1
Urban/Rural	Urban	1 950 562	98.0	<0.001
	Rural	40 490	2.0
Stress	Not at all stressful	200 860	10.1	<0.001
	Not very stressful	441 059	22.2
	A bit stressful	872 218	44.0
	Quite a bit stressful	395 858	20.0
	Extremely stressful	73 549	3.7
Daily Energy Expenditure –kcal/kg/day (mean, 95% CI)		1.7 (1.54–1.88)
Age – years (mean, 95% CI)		38.7 (38.38–39.03)
Body Mass Index – kg/m2(mean, 95% CI)		24.0 (23.73–24.24)
Frequency of Daily Fruits/Vegetable Consumption(mean, 95% CI)		4.7 (4.52–4.82)
Household size		3.7 (3.53–3.85)