Table 2.
Associations of obesity, diabetes and self-reported health with selected socio-demographic and lifestyle characteristics of First Nations participants in Canada from the FNFNES, 2008–2018
| Obesitya (%) | 95% CI | Diabetesb,c (%) | 95% CI | Good self-reported healthd (%) | 95% CI | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LL | UL | LL | UL | LL | UL | |||||
| Region | British Columbia | 43.2 | 33.3 | 53.2 | 10.3 | 7.27 | 13.4 | 67.6 | 59.9 | 75.4 |
| Alberta | 44.2 | 35.8 | 52.6 | 17.3 | 14.1 | 22.5 | 66.2 | 59.9 | 72.5 | |
| Saskatchewan | 48.4 | 43.8 | 59.6 | 20.3 | 13.4 | 37.2 | 66.0 | 63.3 | 68.8 | |
| Manitoba | 53.8 | 48.1 | 59.6 | 24.8 | 19.0 | 30.7 | 60.9 | 57.2 | 64.6 | |
| Ontarioc | 48.2 | 43.8 | 52.6 | 27. | 21.8 | 33.5 | 67.1 | 62.2 | 71.9 | |
| Quebec/Labrador | 65.3 | 56.3 | 74.3 | 23.9 | 12.5 | 35.4 | 70.5 | 60.9 | 80.0 | |
| Atlantic region | 48.4 | 45.1 | 51.8 | 20.2 | 17.3 | 23.2 | 69.8 | 65.8 | 73.9 | |
| Year-round road | No | 50.5 | 43.6 | 57.3 | 23.9 | 17.2 | 30.5 | 69.6 | 64.2 | 74.9 |
| Yes | 49.8 | 46.8 | 52.8 | 21.2 | 18.4 | 24.0 | 66.0 | 63.5 | 68.6 | |
| Number of individuals working full-time in the household | 2 or more | 46.5 | 42.9 | 50.1 | 18.3 | 14.9 | 21.7 | 69.4 | 65.7 | 73.0 |
| 1 | 51.7 | 47.4 | 55.9 | 20.1 | 15.9 | 24.2 | 69.4 | 65.0 | 73.8 | |
| 0 | 52.4 | 47.8 | 57.0 | 24.7 | 21.3 | 28.2 | 61.7 | 58.2 | 65.2 | |
| Household traditional food activitiese | Yes | 50.3 | 47.3 | 53.4 | 21.1 | 18.3 | 23.9 | 68.6 | 65.8 | 71.6 |
| No | 48.8 | 44.3 | 53.2 | 22.0 | 18.6 | 25.4 | 61.3 | 56.6 | 66.0 | |
| Income source | Wages | 52.5 | 48.4 | 56.6 | 17.8 | 15.2 | 20.4 | 71.1 | 68.5 | 73.7 |
| Social assistance | 43.6 | 39.1 | 48.2 | 19.3 | 16.1 | 22.5 | 61.9 | 56.9 | 66.8 | |
| Workers compensation/employment insurance | 50.9 | 37.1 | 64.7 | 24.2 | 15.4 | 32.9 | 55.0 | 44.5 | 65.5 | |
| Pension/senior’s benefitc | 53.1 | 45.6 | 60.7 | 42.3 | 36.4 | 48.2 | 59.3 | 52.5 | 66.2 | |
| Other | 49.5 | 36.3 | 62.5 | 27.0 | 6.81 | 47.2 | 72.4 | 60.5 | 84.2 | |
| Age group | 19–30 years | 40.7 | 36.2 | 45.2 | 4.68 | 2.08 | 7.28 | 70.1 | 66.2 | 73.9 |
| 31–50 years | 49.6 | 45.4 | 53.7 | 16.0 | 12.2 | 19.9 | 69.2 | 66.6 | 71.8 | |
| 51–70 years | 57.1 | 53.8 | 60.5 | 39.1 | 34.8 | 43.5 | 60.3 | 54.8 | 65.8 | |
| ≥71 years | 43.5 | 34.0 | 53.0 | 35.0 | 28.0 | 42.0 | 60.7 | 49.6 | 71.9 | |
| Body mass index | Normal weight | NA | 9.31 | 5.80 | 12.8 | 68.4 | 63.5 | 73.3 | ||
| Overweight | NA | 24.0 | 21.0 | 26.9 | 74.0 | 69.8 | 78.3 | |||
| Obese | NA | 28.8 | 25.9 | 31.8 | 60.6 | 57.7 | 63.5 | |||
| Years of education | ≤8 years | 53.7 | 48.4 | 58.9 | 34.7 | 30.8 | 38.6 | 55.6 | 49.5 | 61.8 |
| 9–12 years | 48.3 | 45.0 | 51.5 | 17.9 | 15.0 | 20.8 | 67.6 | 64.1 | 71.2 | |
| ≥13 years | 50.9 | 46.6 | 55.3 | 18.7 | 15.0 | 22.4 | 73.8 | 68.6 | 79.0 | |
| Gender | Men | 44.3 | 39.2 | 49.4 | 20.9 | 16.3 | 25.4 | 68.9 | 65.8 | 72.1 |
| Women | 52.8 | 50.4 | 55.2 | 21.7 | 19.1 | 24.3 | 65.0 | 62.2 | 67.8 | |
| Smoking | No | 54.6 | 50.5 | 58.7 | 25.2 | 21.4 | 29.1 | 66.9 | 62.4 | 71.3 |
| Yes | 45.5 | 42.5 | 48.6 | 18.1 | 15.2 | 21.0 | 65.9 | 63.8 | 67.9 | |
| Physical activity | Sedentary | 61.2 | 57.7 | 64.7 | 33.4 | 27.0 | 39.7 | 46.9 | 40.4 | 53.5 |
| Somewhat active | 49.7 | 44.9 | 54.4 | 21.2 | 18.8 | 23.5 | 66.1 | 64.2 | 68.1 | |
| Moderately active | 45.4 | 41.4 | 49.4 | 16.2 | 11.9 | 20.5 | 76.0 | 71.7 | 80.3 | |
| Highly active | 42.2 | 35.0 | 49.4 | 16.2 | 10.1 | 22.2 | 74.7 | 68.8 | 80.7 | |
| Self-reported health | Very good | 39.9 | 33.5 | 46.3 | 12.2 | 9.81 | 14.5 | NA | ||
| Good | 49.4 | 45.3 | 53.4 | 18.4 | 14.6 | 22.2 | NA | |||
| Poor | 58.3 | 54.6 | 62.0 | 32.5 | 28.9 | 36.0 | NA | |||
| Diabetes | Yes | 67.5 | 62.4 | 75.6 | NA | NA | ||||
| No | 45.4 | 42.1 | 48.7 | NA | NA | |||||
CI confidence interval, LL lower limit, UL upper limit, NA not applicable
aBMI≥30
bSelf-reported diabetes
cMissing values for first year of data collected on BC removed from analysis
dGood self-reported health included reports of ‘excellent’, ‘very good’ and ‘good’; poor self-reported health included reports of ‘fair’ and ‘poor’
eHousehold traditional food activities defined as reporting at least one of fishing, hunting, collecting seafood, collecting plants/berries, or planting a garden