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Table 3
Age- and sex-adjusted odds ratios for selected risk factors and major chronic conditions for the North, by ethnicity, off- reserve population aged 20 or older, 2000/2001 and 2005/2006

	2000/2001			2005/2006			2000/2001			2005/2006
	Aboriginal						Non-Aboriginal
	Odds ratio	95% confidence interval		Odds ratio	95% confidence interval		Odds ratio	95% confidence interval		Odds ratio	95% confidence interval
	Odds ratio	from	to	Odds ratio	from	to	Odds ratio	from	to	Odds ratio	from	to
Risk factors
Overweight	1.00	0.85	1.18	0.83	0.66	1.05	0.93	0.81	1.08	1.03	0.89	1.19
Obese	1.30*	1.00	1.50	1.70*	1.30	2.20	1.30*	1.10	1.60	1.50*	1.20	1.70
Daily smoker	1.84*	1.57	2.14	3.20*	2.60	3.93	1.32*	1.12	1.55	1.33*	1.10	1.60
Regular drinker	0.81*	0.71	0.93	1.44*	1.14	1.81	1.00	0.86	1.18	1.04	0.87	1.23
Heavy drinking	0.80*	0.60	0.90	1.10	0.90	1.30	0.70*	0.60	0.80	1.00	0.80	1.10
Infrequent physical activity	1.21*	1.04	1.41	1.82*	1.40	2.37	0.92	0.77	1.09	1.14	0.96	1.35
Inactive leisure time	1.06	0.94	1.20	1.68*	1.35	2.11	0.68*	0.60	0.78	0.90	0.76	1.07
Chronic conditions
One or more chronic conditions	0.50*	0.43	0.57	0.67*	0.55	0.82	0.85*	0.73	0.99	0.82	0.67	1.00
Arthritis	0.49*	0.40	0.60	0.65*	0.49	0.88	0.95	0.81	1.11	1.09	0.85	1.38
Hypertension	0.68*	0.52	0.89	0.86	0.62	1.18	0.75*	0.60	0.95	0.83	0.65	1.06
Asthma	0.49*	0.37	0.64	0.71	0.48	1.06	1.06	0.81	1.38	1.12	0.86	1.44
Heart disease	1.03	0.72	1.48	0.74	0.40	1.37	0.74	0.50	1.11	0.73	0.52	1.02
Diabetes	0.51*	0.34	0.78	0.75	0.45	1.25	0.83	0.62	1.10	0.87	0.59	1.29
Bowel disorder	0.80	0.41	1.57	0.61	0.29	1.28	0.89	0.56	1.41	1.06	0.70	1.59
Stroke	0.70	0.35	1.43	1.02	0.45	2.30	0.36	0.02	7.57	0.57	0.27	1.23
* significantly different from estimate for reference category (p<0.05) Note: Reference category is the southern Canada population. Source: 2000/2001 and 2005/2006 Canadian Community Health Survey.