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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 3.

Odds ratios relating selected characteristics to becoming active, inactive male household population aged 40 or older with new vascular disease diagnosis, 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
No
Disability
No or mild 1.9* 1.2 2.9 1.9* 1.2 2.9 1.9* 1.2 2.9 2.0* 1.1 3.6 1.7* 1.1 2.6
Moderate or severe 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
At baseline
Socio-demographic
Age group
 40 to 49 2.7* 1.1 7.1 2.2 0.8 5.8 2.3 0.9 6.1 2.8 0.7 12.0 2.0 0.7 5.4
 50 to 64 2.5 1.0 6.6 2.2 0.8 5.8 2.2 0.8 6.1 3.3 0.8 13.9 2.1 0.7 5.7
 65 to 74 2.7 1.0 7.7 2.6 0.9 7.6 2.6 0.9 7.7 6.1* 1.3 27.3 2.6 0.9 7.6
 75 or older 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
Education
 Postsecondary graduation 1.2 0.7 2.0 1.1 0.6 1.8 1.1 0.6 1.8 1.1 0.6 1.9 1.1 0.6 1.8
 Less than postsecondary graduation 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
Health behaviour
Smoking
 Never 1.2 0.7 2.3 1.2 0.6 2.3
 Former 1.1 0.7 1.9 1.2 0.7 2.0
 Current smoker 1.0 1.0
Personal characteristics
Fatalism
 High 0.5* 0.3 1.0 0.6 0.3 1.1
 Low 1.0 1.0
Control
 Low 1.0 0.6 1.9 1.5 0.7 3.0
 High 1.0 1.0
Social resources
Has regular medical doctor
 Yes 0.8 0.4 1.8 0.8 0.4 1.8
 No 1.0 1.0
High social support
 Yes 1.2 0.7 2.2 1.0 0.6 1.9
 No 1.0 1.0
Married/Common-law/Living with partner
 Yes 1.3 0.7 2.2 1.1 0.6 2.0
 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).