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

Table 3 The relationship between obesity and combined material and social deprivation stratified by urban-rural status

Obese, n (%), N = 1589
	Combined material and social deprivation quintile
Region, n	1 (least deprived)	2	3	4	5 (most deprived)	p-value
Urban, 1324	180 (13.6)	232 (17.5)	277 (20.9)	120 (9.1)	515 (38.9)	<0.0001
Rural, 265	15 (5.7)	149 (56.2)	80 (30.2)	15 (5.7)	6 (2.3)	0.3904*

*small numbers decrease power and the ability to detect significant differences for rural patients

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