Variable type | Variable | Definition | df |
---|---|---|---|
Modifiable lifestyle risk factors | Alcohol consumption | 4 | |
 Non-drinker | No alcohol consumption in the last 12 months or drink frequency fewer than once a week |  | |
 Light drinker | Alcohol consumption frequency at least once a week and 0–2 (females) or 0–3 (males) drinks in the previous week | ||
 Moderate drinker | 3–14 (females) or 4–21 (males) drinks in the previous week | ||
 Heavy drinker | ≥ 14 (females) or ≥ 21 (males) drinks in the previous week, or binging behavior on a weekly basis (≥ 5 drinks on any occasion) | ||
Cigarette smoking | 5 | ||
 Non-smoker | Never a smoker or former occasional smoker with < 100 lifetime cigarettes |  | |
 Heavy smoker | Current smoker [≥ 1 pack (25 cigarettes)/day] | ||
 Light smoker | Current smoker [< 1 pack (25 cigarettes)/day] | ||
 Former heavy | Former smoker [≥ 1 pack (25 cigarettes)/day] | ||
 Former light smoker | Former smoker [< 1 pack (25 cigarettes)/day] | ||
Daily fruit and vegetable consumption | 3 | ||
 Low consumption | 0 to < 3 times daily |  | |
 Medium consumption | 3 to < 6 times daily | ||
 High consumption | ≥ 6 times daily | ||
Physical activity quartile | 4 | ||
 Quartile 1 | Bottom 25% physically active |  | |
 Quartile 2 | Bottom 26–50% physically active | ||
 Quartile 3 | Bottom 51–75% physically active | ||
 Quartile 4 | Top 25% physically active | ||
Sociodemographic characteristics | Age | 5 | |
 Continuous | Spline with 4 interior knots |  | |
Ethnicity | 2 | ||
 White |  |  | |
 Non-White |  | ||
Immigration status | 3 | ||
 Canadian born |  |  | |
 Recent immigrant | Immigrated < 10 years | ||
 Non-recent immigrant | Immigrated ≥ 10 years | ||
Household income | 5 | ||
 Quintile 1 | Lowest 20% |  | |
 Quintile 2 |  | ||
 Quintile 3 |  | ||
 Quintile 4 |  | ||
 Quintile 5 | Highest 20% | ||
Education | 3 | ||
 Less than secondary school graduation |  |  | |
 Secondary school graduation |  | ||
 Post-secondary education (complete and partial) |  | ||
Marital status | 3 | ||
 Single never married |  |  | |
 Domestic partner (married/common law) |  | ||
 Widowed/separated/divorced |  | ||
 | Asthma | 2 | |
 Yes |  |  | |
 No |  | ||
Body mass index (BMI) (kg/m2) | 6 | ||
 Underweight | < 18.5 BMI |  | |
 Normal weight | 18.5–24.9 BMI | ||
 Overweight | 25.0–29.9 BMI | ||
 Moderately obese (class 1) | 30.0–34.9 BMI | ||
 Very obese (class 2) | 35.0–39.9 BMI | ||
 Severely obese (class 3) | ≥ 40.0 BMI | ||
High blood pressure | 2 | ||
 Yes |  |  | |
 No |  | ||
Household secondhand smoke | 2 | ||
 Household secondhand smoke |  |  | |
 No household secondhand smoke |  | ||
Self-rated health | 3 | ||
 Excellent/very good |  |  | |
 Good |  | ||
 Fair/poor |  | ||
Life stress | 4 | ||
 Quite a bit/extremely stressful |  |  | |
 Not very stressful |  | ||
 A bit stressful |  | ||
 Not at all stressful |  |