Table 3
Prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors among oral contraceptive users and non-users, by age group, non-pregnant women aged 15 to 49, household population, Canada, 2007 to 2011

Table 3
Prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors among oral contraceptive users and non-users, by age group, non-pregnant women aged 15 to 49, household population, Canada, 2007 to 2011
Table summary
This table displays the results of Prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors among oral contraceptive users and non-users. The information is grouped by Risk factor (appearing as row headers), Oral contraceptive, User, Non-user, % and 95% confidence interval (appearing as column headers).
Risk factor Oral contraceptive
User Non-user
% 95% confidence interval % 95% confidence interval
from to from to
Overweight
15 to 49 19.2Note † 13.7 26.3 25.3 21.7 29.2
15 to 34 17.8Note E: Use with caution 11.8 25.9 22.5 16.8 29.4
35 to 49 27.4Note E: Use with caution 19.0 37.7 27.5 23.1 32.5
Obese
15 to 49 15.4Note E: Use with caution Note † 9.9 23.1 22.1 19.1 25.3
15 to 34 15.3Note E: Use with caution 9.3 24.1 18.5 15.0 22.7
35 to 49 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 24.9Note ‡ 21.1 29.1
Overweight or obese
15 to 49 34.6Note † 27.1 42.9 47.5 42.6 52.4
15 to 34 33.1 24.9 42.4 41.1 34.3 48.2
35 to 49 43.3 29.7 58.0 52.6Note ‡ 46.9 58.3
Heart disease, stroke and/or hypertension
15 to 49 5.3ENote † 2.9 9.6 9.9 8.1 12.1
15 to 34 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 3.1Note E: Use with caution 1.9 5.0
35 to 49 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 15.4Note ‡ 12.1 19.4
Daily smoker
15 to 49 13.6Note E: Use with caution 8.9 20.2 16.7 13.5 20.5
15 to 34 15.1Note E: Use with caution 9.6 23.0 13.0 9.3 17.8
35 to 49 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 19.7Note ‡ 15.2 25.2
One or more risk factorsNote §
15 to 49 43.0Note † 35.7 50.5 58.3 53.1 63.4
15 to 34 42.1 34.4 50.3 48.0 41.5 54.5
35 to 49 47.9Note E: Use with caution Note † 30.0 66.3 66.7Note ‡ 60.3 72.6
... not applicable
E use with caution
F too unreliable to be published
Note †

significantly different from non-oral contraceptive users (p < 0.05)

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Note ‡

significantly different from 15- to 34-year-olds (p < 0.05)

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Note §

Includes the 3 cardiovascular risk factors (daily smoking, overweight/obesity and the composite measure of heart disease, stroke and/or hypertension).

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Note: Excludes women using other hormonal contraceptives (transdermals, intravaginals, and injectables).
Source: 2007 to 2009 and 2009 to 2011 Canadian Health Measures Survey, combined.
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