Table 2. Characteristics of Asian sub-groups, Canada, 2001–2009.

		Chinese (%)	South Asian (%)	Filipino (%)	Southeast Asian (%)	Arab (%)	West Asian (%)	Japanese (%)	Korean (%)
	Weighted Frequency	n = 628 857	n = 625 916	n = 231 720	n = 156 683	n = 141 199	n = 96 783	n = 32 682	n = 77 213
Sex	Male	52.9	54.3	44.7	54.9	58.7	55.4	43.5	48.6
	Female	47.1	45.7	55.3	45.1	41.3	44.6	56.5	51.5
BMI Category(kg/m2) - Asian	18.5–<23	56.2	34.5	40.3	44.1	30.2	37.7	49.4	47.9
	23–<27.5	35.6	46.2	44.8	42.7	40.6	42.8	38.1	39.9
	≥27.5	8.2	19.3	14.9	13.2	29.2	19.5	12.5	12.2
MaritalStatus	Single, Never Married	29.2	23.6	30.5	26.8	31.3	29.2	27.3	31.9
	Everyone else	70.8	76.4	69.5	73.2	68.7	70.9	72.7	68.1
HighestHouseholdEducationLevel	Less than high school	2.8	3.5	0.5	6.1	3.7	6.6	1.0	0.7
	High school graduation	10.2	10.8	3.3	13.5	5.2	11.1	5.9	8.0
	Some postsecondary	6.6	5.2	3.4	6.4	5.6	4.6	4.6	6.3
	College or university	80.5	80.5	92.7	73.9	85.5	77.7	88.5	85.0
Household Income Quartile	Lowest	13.4	11.5	7.8	11.6	22.5	21.9	9.4	12.9
	Lower middle	19.2	23.9	19.7	20.5	26.5	19.5	13.6	20.2
	Upper middle	30.6	30.9	35.9	36.2	29.8	27.6	22.2	37.6
	Highest	36.9	33.7	36.7	31.6	21.2	31.0	54.8	29.4
Can have aconversationin English		84.5	93.4	97.4	88.2	84.7	93.7	97.3	91.7
Immigrant toCanada		83.5	85.5	88.9	86.4	87.6	95.2	43.1	78.7
Smoking	Never Smoked	67.1	71.9	63.2	62.9	52.4	56.0	49.2	50.2
	Ever Smoked	32.9	28.1	36.8	37.1	47.6	44.0	50.8	49.8
Alcohol	Regular	39.7	35.9	37.1	45.6	34.1	42.4	60.7	58.5
	Occasional Drinker	25.8	12.2	28.8	19.6	11.2	15.8	16.9	19.6
	Did not drink in last year	34.4	51.9	34.2	34.8	54.7	41.8	22.4	21.9
Physiciandiagnosedhigh bloodpressure		8.5	9.8	15.4	9.8	8.0	4.7	10.2	9.6
Physiciandiagnoseddiabetes		2.3	6.2	4.5	3.8	2.3	6.0	3.4	2.9
Physiciandiagnosedheart disease		1.8	1.7	1.0	0.3	1.8	6.5	1.9	0.8
At least one cardiometaboliccondition		11.1	14.7	18.4	12.3	9.2	11.7	11.7	11.8
Physical Activity Level	Active	17.3	19.7	20.4	20.8	17.3	21.9	23.3	26.7
	Moderate	21.1	21.1	21.0	18.7	20.4	18.8	29.0	19.0
	Inactive	61.6	59.3	58.6	60.5	62.3	59.3	47.8	54.4
Sedentary time (Tertiles)	< = 14 hrs/wk	28.7	44.5	40.2	43.2	32.9	34.6	28.9	23.9
	15–24 hrs/wk	34.5	30.2	33.9	31.7	36.7	34.4	37.2	44.5
	25−>45 hrs/wk	36.8	25.3	25.9	25.1	30.4	31.0	33.9	31.7
Urban/Rural	Urban	98.7	97.5	98.1	97.3	98.7	98.6	96.6	95.5
	Rural	1.4	2.5	1.9	2.7	1.3	1.4	3.4	4.5
Stress	Not at all stressful	8.9	12.1	11.2	11.0	8.4	7.5	8.8	6.2
	Not very stressful	23.8	20.5	26.3	20.7	15.5	15.5	33.3	30.6
	A bit stressful	45.6	43.0	42.2	47.4	41.7	43.5	41.5	43.4
	Quite a bit stressful	18.9	20.1	17.5	17.9	28.0	27.8	11.4	17.6
	Extremely stressful	2.7	4.4	2.9	3.1	6.3	5.8	5.0	2.2
Daily EnergyExpenditure –kcal/kg/day(mean, 95% CI)		1.56 (1.43–1.7)	1.72 (1.51–1.93)	1.92 (1.64–2.2)	1.76 (1.52–2)	1.67 (1.36–1.98)	1.73 (1.41–2.05)	1.89 (1.6–2.19)	2 (1.8–2.21)
Age – years(mean, 95% CI)		39.72 (38.84–40.59)	38.04 (37.52–8.56)	39.24 (38.51–39.97)	38.16 (37.2–39.12)	36.7 (35.63–37.76)	37.94 (35.97–39.91)	43.03 (40.78–45.27)	38.07 (36.73–39.41)
Body Mass Index– kg/m2 (mean,95% CI)		23 (22.83–23.18)	24.62 (24.4–24.85)	24.15 (23.92–24.39)	23.76 (23.52–24)	25.5 (25.17–25.83)	24.63 (24.22–25.05)	23.4 (23.03–23.77)	23.44 (22.9–23.98)
Frequency of Daily Fruits/Vegetable Consumption(mean, 95% CI)		4.35 (4.18–4.52)	4.85 (4.74–4.97)	4.76 (4.55–4.97)	4.63 (4.37–4.89)	4.82 (4.57–5.07)	4.99 (4.36–5.62)	4.7 (4.44–4.96)	4.87 (4.56–5.17)
Household size		3.33 (3.22–3.43)	4.07 (3.86–4.28)	3.86 (3.75–3.97	3.82 (3.65–3.99)	3.70 (3.29–4.10)	3.51 (3.23–3.78)	2.94 (2.67–3.21)	3.25 (3.08–3.42)