Table 3.

Age, sex, and gender identity of study sample compared with the Canadian population

Demographics	Response category	Samplea	2016 Censusb (n = 35,151,730)	Prevalence ratio [95% CI]c
Age	Mean (SD); years	44.7 (12.7)	41.0 (–)d	–
Sex	Female; n (%)	1400 (45.0)	17,887,530 (50.9)	0.85 [0.79, 0.91]
	Male; n (%)	1710 (55.0)	17,264,200 (49.1)	1.18 [1.10, 1.27]
Gender	Woman; n (%)	1401 (45.2)	–d	–
	Man; n (%)	1693 (54.6)	–	–
	Gender Minority; n (%)e	6 (0.2)	–	–

SD Standard Deviation

^aStudy sample sizes: Age: n = 3100; Sex: n = 3100; Gender (n = 3141)

^bBased on Statistics Canada 2016 Census of Population[22]

^cPrevalence ratio of our sample compared to the 2016 Canadian Census

^dNo comparable data available in 2016 Census of Population

^eGender minority categories collapsed due to small sample sizes: (1) trans-man; (2) trans-woman; (3) gender fluid or non-binary; (4) Indigenous or other cultural gender minority (e.g. Two-spirit); (5) identity not listed