| Subject Characteristic |
n |
Mean / % (95%CI) |
| Age (years) |
1,818 |
42.64 (42.19 - 43.08) |
| Sex |
|
|
| Male |
869 |
49.12 (48.55 - 49.69) |
| Female |
949 |
50.88 (50.31 - 51.45) |
| Physical Activity Index |
|
|
| Active |
435 |
21.14 (16.90 – 26.11) |
| Moderate |
466 |
25.06 (21.69 - 28.76) |
| Inactive |
917 |
53.80 (46.54 - 60.91) |
| Smoking status |
|
|
| Ever |
873 |
48.46 (44.32 - 52.63) |
| Never |
945 |
51.54 (47.37 - 55.68) |
| Ethnicity2 |
|
|
| Caucasian |
1,545 |
81.92 (71.18 - 89.27) |
| Asian |
146 |
11.27 (6.04 - 20.06) |
| Other |
81 |
4.02 (1.94 - 8.15) |
| Missing |
46 |
2.79 (1.83 – 4.23) |
| Use of cardiac medication |
|
|
| No |
1,482 |
84.64 (81.81 - 87.10) |
| Yes |
336 |
15.36 (12.89 - 18.19) |
| MetS Components |
|
|
| BMI (kg/m2) |
1,808 |
26.56 (26.01 - 27.12) |
| Waist circumference (cm) |
1,805 |
89.39 (87.68 – 91.04) |
| HDL-C (mmol/L) |
1,818 |
1.34 (1.29 – 1.39) |
| FPG (mmol/L) |
1,815 |
4.94 (4.89 – 5.00) |
| Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) |
1,816 |
110.7 (109.2 – 112.3) |
| Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) |
1,816 |
70.7 (69.6 – 71.8) |
| Triglycerides (mmol/L) |
1,816 |
1.3 (1.2 – 1.4) |
| Metabolic Markers |
|
|
| HbA1c (%) |
1,776 |
5.5 (5.4 – 5.6) |
| Apolipoprotein A1 (g/L) |
1,818 |
1.44 (1.39 - 1.48) |
| Apolipoprotein B (g/L) |
1,814 |
0.90 (0.88 - 0.93) |
| Total:HDL-C ratio |
1,818 |
3.84 (3.76 - 3.93) |
| Inflammatory Markers |
|
|
| C-reactive protein (mg/L) |
1,661 |
2.16 (1.97 - 2.36) |
| Fibrinogen (g/L) |
1,768 |
0.029 (0.028 - 0.031) |
| Homocysteine (mmol/L) |
1,807 |
7.66 (7.27 - 8.05) |
1Studied subjects were selected between 16-79 years of age from the Canadian Health Measures Survey with sampling weights and bootstrap weights for variance applied.
The selected 1,818 subjects (unweighted value) represent a weighted value of 24,120,330 Canadians.
2Data with a coefficient of variation from 16.6% to 33.3% |
