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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 May 14.
Published in final edited form as: Health Rep. 2012 Mar;23(1):17–29.

Table 2.

Odds ratios relating selected characteristics to becoming active, inactive female household population aged 40 or older free of vascular disease at baseline, Canada excluding territories, 1994/95 to 2008/2009

Characteristics Unadjusted
odds
ratio
95%
confidence
interval
Model 1
Model 2
Model 3
Model 4
Adjusted
odds
ratio
95%
confidence
interval
Adjusted
odds
ratio
95%
confidence
interval
Adjusted
odds
ratio
95%
confidence
interval
Adjusted
odds
ratio
95%
confidence
interval
from to from to from to from to from to
New vascular diagnosis
Yes 0.8* 0.6 1.0 0.9 0.7 1.1 0.9 0.7 1.1 0.8 0.6 1.0 0.9 0.7 1.1
No 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
Disability
No or mild 1.8* 1.6 2.1 1.7* 1.5 2.0 1.7* 1.4 2.0 1.7* 1.4 2.0 1.6* 1.4 1.9
Moderate or severe 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
At baseline
Socio-demographic
Age group
 40 to 49 2.5* 1.9 3.4 1.9* 1.4 2.6 1.9* 1.4 2.6 2.1* 1.4 3.1 1.8* 1.3 2.4
 50 to 64 2.8* 2.1 3.8 2.3* 1.7 3.1 2.3* 1.7 3.1 2.4* 1.6 3.5 2.2* 1.6 3.0
 65 to 74 2.4* 1.8 3.3 2.1* 1.5 2.9 2.1* 1.5 2.8 2.3* 1.5 3.5 2.0* 1.5 2.8
 75 or older 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
Education
 Postsecondary graduation 1.4* 1.2 1.6 1.3* 1.1 1.5 1.3* 1.1 1.5 1.2* 1.0 1.4 1.3* 1.1 1.5
 Less than postsecondary graduation 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
Health behaviour
Smoking
 Never 1.0 0.9 1.2 1.0 0.9 1.2
 Former 1.4* 1.2 1.7 1.4* 1.1 1.6
 Current smoker 1.0 1.0
Personal characteristics
Fatalism
 High 0.8* 0.7 1.0 0.9 0.8 1.1
 Low 1.0 1.0
Control
 Low 0.8* 0.6 0.9 0.9 0.7 1.1
 High 1.0 1.0
Social resources
Has regular medical doctor
 Yes 1.2 0.9 1.5 1.2 0.9 1.5
 No 1.0 1.0
High social support
 Yes 1.4* 1.1 1.6 1.2 1.0 1.4
 No 1.0 1.0
Married/Common-law/Living with partner
 Yes 1.4* 1.2 1.7 1.3* 1.1 1.5
 No 1.0 1.0

reference category

based on cycles 1 and 4 through 8

*

significantly different from reference category (p<0.05)

… not applicable

Note: Because of rounding, some odds ratios with lower or upper confidence limit of 1.0 were statistically significant.

Source: 1994/1995 to 2008/2009 National Population Health Survey, longitudinal sample (square).