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Table 2 The relationship between obesity and combined material and social deprivation stratified by age group

From: Utility of linking primary care electronic medical records with Canadian census data to study the determinants of chronic disease: an example based on socioeconomic status and obesity

Obese, n (%), N = 1589

 

Combined material and social deprivation quintile

Age group, years, n

1 (least deprived)

2

3

4

5 (most deprived)

p-value

20–39

325

29 (8.9)

60 (18.5)

73 (22.5)

28 (8.6)

135 (41.5)

0.0863

40–59

713

99 (13.9)

173 (24.3)

130 (18.2)

69 (9.7)

242 (33.9)

<0.0001

60–79

499

61 (12.2)

134 (26.9)

137 (27.5)

35 (7.0)

132 (26.5)

0.0239

80+

52

6 (11.5)

14 (26.9)

17 (32.7)

3 (5.8)

12 (23.1)

0.6081*

  1. *small numbers decrease power and the ability to detect significant differences for patients in the oldest age group