Table 4 Adjusted¹ odds ratios of obesity on job performance for workers age 18 to 64

	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women
	18 to 64		18 to 34		35 to 54		55 to 64
	adjusted odds ratio
Absence due to illness, past week	2.74^*	0.84	3.70^*	0.79	2.86	0.72	1.78	1.53
Reduced activity, long-term health problem	1.26^*	1.53^*	1.18	1.19	1.19	1.57^*	2.09^*	1.81^*
Disability day, past two weeks	1.15^*	1.37^*	1.10	1.21^*	1.19	1.46^*	1.26	1.52^*
Work injury, past year	1.11	1.73^*	0.90	1.25	1.18	2.12^*	1.86	1.83
1. Adjusted for income, education, marital status, student status, work arrangement and self-perceived health. * significantly different from normal weight workers at the 0.05 level Sources: Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey, 2005, cycle 3.1; Canadian Community Health Survey, 2002, cycle 1.2.

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