Table 1. Characteristics of the pooled sample, 2001-2013; unweighted data.
| Black | White | Missing | |||
| Women | Men | Women | Men | ||
| Variables | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | (%) |
| Total | 3,502 | 2,806 | 336,341 | 271,260 | |
| Hypertension | 839 (24.0) | 529 (18.9) | 87,605 (26.1) | 61,593 (22.8) | .2 |
| Diabetes | 303 (8.7) | 251 (8.9) | 24,936 (7.4) | 24,300 (9.0) | .1 |
| Income decile, mean (SD) | 3.80 (2.65) | 4.50 (2.77) | 5.20 (2.87) | 5.97 (2.83) | 10.2 |
| Age, mean (SD) | 45.9 (15.5) | 45.0 (14.1) | 49.3 (20.7) | 53.1 (16.2) | 0 |
| Immigration status | .2 | ||||
| Born in Canada | 680 (19.8) | 532 (19.2) | 300,014 (89.3) | 241,846 (89.3) | |
| Immigrated 0-19 years ago | 1,368 (39.9) | 1,185 (43.0) | 5,967 (1.8) | 4,997 (1.8) | |
| Immigrated ≥20 years ago | 1,382 (40.3) | 1,036 (37.6) | 29.877 (8.9) | 23.984 (8.9) | |
| Marital status | .2 | ||||
| Married or common-law | 1,436 (41.1) | 1,575 (56.3) | 189,286 (56.4) | 177,110 (65.4) | |
| Single / never married | 1,161 (33.2) | 807 (28.8) | 42,574 (12.7) | 49,743 (18.4) | |
| Divorced, separated or widowed | 897 (25.7) | 418 (14.9) | 103,895 (30.9) | 44,044 (16.3) | |
| Education | 1.1 | ||||
| High school not completed | 503 (14.5) | 379 (13.7) | 76,042 (22.9) | 61,342 (22.9) | |
| High school completed | 496 (14.3) | 445 (16.1) | 60,111 (18.0) | 43,064 (16.1) | |
| Some post-secondary education | 241 (7.0) | 186 (6.7) | 18,955 (5.7) | 15,490 (5.8) | |
| Post-secondary education completed | 2,221 (64.2) | 1,754 (63.5) | 178,004 (53.4) | 148,259 (55.3) | |
| BMI | 4.3 | ||||
| < 25 | 1,410 (44.3) | 1,151 (42.2) | 157,297 (50.0) | 93,139 (35.2) | |
| Overweight, 25-29.9 | 1,082 (34.0) | 1,166 (42.7) | 97,644 (30.8) | 115,196 (43.5) | |
| Obese, ≥30 | 690 (21.7) | 414 (15.2) | 61,794 (19.5) | 56,490 (21.3) | |
| Smoking status | .2 | ||||
| Current smoker | 321 (9.2) | 558 (19.9) | 70,332 (21.0) | 69,066 (25.5) | |
| Former smoker | 573 (16.4) | 840 (30.0) | 147,000 (43.8) | 141,244 (52.2) | |
| Never smoked | 2,602 (74.4) | 1,403 (50.1) | 118,353 (35.3) | 60,280 (22.3) | |
| Physical activity | 2.5 | ||||
| Not active | 589 (17.1) | 708 (25.7) | 69,646 (21.0) | 66,635 (25.6) | |
| Somewhat active | 715 (20.8) | 582 (21.1) | 84,429 (25.5) | 65,555 (25.2) | |
| Very active | 2,136 (62.1) | 1,468 (53.2) | 177,642 (53.6) | 128,441 (49.3) | |
Data are n (%) unless noted otherwise.
SD, standard deviation; BMI, body mass index