Table 1 |
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| Characteristics of Inuvialuit women of childbearing age by smoking status | |||||
| Variables | Smokers (n =69) | Non-smokers (n = 23) | p-value‡ | ||
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||
| Age (years) | 34.7 | 6.8 | 33.9 | 7.5 | 0.6 |
| BMI* | 30.4 | 8.8 | 31.6 | 10.4 | 0.6 |
| BMI*category† | N | % | N | % | |
| Normal weight (<25.0 kg/m2) | 20 | 36.4 | 7 | 38.9 | |
| Overweight (25–29.9 kg/m2) | 10 | 18.2 | 4 | 22.2 | |
| Obese (≥30.0 kg/m2) | 25 | 45.5 | 7 | 38.9 | 0.7 |
| Marital status | |||||
| Single | 23 | 33.3 | 13 | 56.5 | |
| Married or common law | 45 | 66.7 | 9 | 43.5 | 1.0 |
| Education | |||||
| None/some junior high school | 19 | 27.5 | 2 | 8.7 | |
| Junior HS or HS completed | 31 | 44.9 | 12 | 52.2 | |
| College, trade school or university | 18 | 27.6 | 9 | 39.1 | 0.4 |
| Number of people with income in household | |||||
| 0 | 15 | 21.7 | 6 | 20.1 | |
| 1 | 30 | 43.5 | 7 | 30.4 | |
| 2 | 17 | 24.6 | 7 | 30.4 | |
| 3 or more | 7 | 7.3 | 3 | 13.1 | 0.9 |
| Number of self employed people in household | |||||
| 0 | 53 | 79.8 | 19 | 82.6 | |
| 1 | 14 | 20.3 | 4 | 17.4 | |
| 2 | 2 | 2.9 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 |
HS, high school.
‡ Fisher exact test was used.
*Based on World Health Organization classification [27].
†Numbers and percentages might not add up to the total n as a result of missing responses.
Kolahdooz et al. Nutrition Journal 2013 12:27 doi:10.1186/1475-2891-12-27
