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Table 3.

Adjusted odds ratio for obesity, diabetes and self-reported health of selected socio-demographic and lifestyle characteristics of First Nations participants in Canada from the FNFNES, 2008–2018

		Obesity^a (AOR^b)	95% CI		Diabetes^c,d (AOR^b)	95% CI		Self-reported health^e (AOR^b,f)	95% CI
			LL	UL		LL	UL		LL	UL
Region	British Columbia	0.74	0.47	1.18	0.29^***	0.17	0.49	0.89	0.50	1.58
	Alberta	0.92	0.59	1.43	0.66	0.38	1.14	0.96	0.62	1.48
	Saskatchewan	0.97	0.66	1.42	0.78	0.42	1.45	0.88	0.60	1.29
	Manitoba	1.22	0.87	1.72	0.87	0.49	1.54	0.96	0.62	1.48
	Ontario	Ref.			Ref.			Ref.
	Quebec/Labrador	1.88^***	1.18	3.00	0.78	0.42	1.44	0.63^**	0.42	0.95
	Atlantic region	1.03	0.78	1.36	0.86	0.57	1.32	0.76	0.52	1.12
Year-round road	No	Ref.			Ref.			0.70	0.41	1.18
Year-round road	Yes	0.64	0.33	1.26	1.37	0.65	2.91	Ref.
Number of individuals working full-time in the household	2 or more	1.05	0.71	1.56	0.96	0.60	1.54	1.04	0.69	1.57
	1	1.15	0.87	1.50	1.01	0.73	1.39	1.00	0.69	1.46
	0	Ref.			Ref.			Ref.
Household traditional food activities^g	Yes	1.10	0.89	1.36	1.15	0.92	1.43	0.84	0.66	1.07
Household traditional food activities^g	No	Ref.			Ref.			Ref.
Income source	Wages	0.88	0.55	1.42	0.58^*	0.34	1.00	0.89	0.58	1.36
	Social assistance	0.66^**	0.45	0.97	0.73	0.49	1.09	1.19	0.78	1.82
	Workers compensation/employment insurance	0.82	0.37	1.85	0.77	0.36	1.67	1.71^*	1.00	2.93
	Pension/senior’s benefit	Ref.			Ref.			Ref.
	Other	0.72	0.40	1.30	1.31	0.38	4.49	0.72	0.32	1.62
Age group	19–30 years	1.30	0.81	2.09	0.16^***	0.05	0.48	0.96	0.61	1.50
	31–50 years	1.70^**	1.03	2.81	0.63	0.32	1.25	1.00	0.63	1.57
	51–70 years	2.17^***	1.40	3.35	1.88^*	0.97	3.66	1.27	0.79	2.04
	≥71 years	Ref.			Ref.			Ref.
Body mass index	Normal weight				0.33^***	0.21	0.51	0.74^**	0.55	0.99
	Overweight				0.54^***	0.39	0.75	0.58^***	0.45	0.75
	Obese	Ref.			Ref.			Ref..
Years of education	≤8 years	Ref.			Ref.			Ref.
	9–12 years	0.91	0.71	1.18	0.72^*	0.50	1.03	0.66^**	0.44	1.00
	≥13 years	0.94	0.71	1.25	0.71^*	0.47	1.06	0.52^***	0.35	0.76
Gender	Men	Ref.			Ref.
Gender	Women	1.24^**	1.02	1.51	0.89	0.63	1.27	1.01^*	0.86	1.18
Smoking	No	1.43^***	1.16	1.77	1.22^*	0.96	1.54	0.92	0.71	1.19
Smoking	Yes	Ref.			Ref.			Ref.
Physical activity	Sedentary	Ref.			Ref.			Ref.
	Somewhat active	0.72^**	0.54	0.94	0.70^**	0.50	0.99	0.46^***	0.34	0.63
	Moderately active	0.70^***	0.55	0.89	0.64^**	0.42	0.99	0.30^***	0.21	0.43
	Highly active	0.64^*	0.40	1.01	0.67	0.40	1.13	0.33^**	0.20	0.56
Self-reported health	Very good	0.49^***	0.36	0.67	0.35^***	0.24	0.51	NA
	Good	0.73^**	0.56	0.94	0.55^***	0.46	0.66	NA
	Poor	Ref.			Ref.			NA
Household size		1.04^*	1.00	1.09	1.02	0.96	1.08	1.02	0.97	1.06
Food basket cost		1.00	1.00	1.01	1.00	0.99	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00

CI confidence interval, LL lower limit, UL upper limit, AOR adjusted odds ratio, NA not applicable

^aBMI≥30

^bOdds ratio adjusted for all other variables in a multivariable logistic regression

^cSelf-reported diabetes

^dMissing values for first year of data collected on BC removed from analysis

^eGood self-reported health included reports of ‘excellent’, ‘very good’ and ‘good’; poor self-reported health included reports of ‘fair’ and ‘poor’

^fOdds ratio of having ‘poor’ self-reported health

^gHousehold traditional food activities defined as reporting at least one of fishing, hunting, collecting seafood, collecting plants/berries, or planting a garden

Different from referent in multivariable logistic regression * <0.1 ** <0.05 *** <0.01