Table 1.

Weighted prevalence of chronic diseases by sociodemographic and behavioral characteristics and immigration status.

		No CDs † (78.3%), %	CDs (21.7%), %	p-Value
Immigration status	Non-immigrant †	76.80	23.20	<0.001
	Immigrant	83.36	16.64
Age at immigration, years	<18 years †	91.69	8.31	<0.001
	≥18	74.75	25.25
Years after immigration	≤5 years †	91.72	8.28	0.004
	>5	80.98	19.02
Years after immigration	≤10 years †	92.84	7.16	<0.001
	>10	77.34	22.66
Sex	Male †	78.67	21.33	0.641
	Female	77.88	22.12
Age group, years	<5	92.92	7.08	<0.001
	5–11	89.83	10.17
	12–17	85.14	14.86
	18–64 †	80.01	19.99
	>64	52.7	47.3
Household income (CAD)	<50,000	72.34	27.66	<0.001
	50,000–100,000 †	80.35	19.65
	>100,000	83.09	16.91
BMI (kg/m2)	Underweight	75.95	24.05	<0.001
	Normal weight †	84.72	15.28
	Overweight	78.64	21.36
	Obese	67.56	32.44
Physical activity	Yes†	84.36	15.64	<0.001
	No	74.58	25.42
Education	>Secondary school †	78.72	21.28	0.660
	≤Secondary school	77.87	22.13
Smoking status	No/former †	77.74	22.26	0.137
	Current smoker	76.27	23.73
Alcohol status	No/former †	74.15	25.85	0.155
	Current drinker	77.6	22.4

^† Reference value; BMI, body mass index; CAD, Canadian dollars; p ≤ 0.05.