Table 2: Prevalence of lifestyle risk factors among the inmates, overall and by Aboriginal status
Lifestyle risk factorGroup; no. (%)*φc value
Total
n = 2273
Aboriginal
n = 496
Non-Aboriginal
n = 1774
Alcohol use1049(52.6)257(62.1)786(49.8)0.10‡
History of injection drug use415(20.8)114(27.6)299(18.9)0.09
Cigarette smoking453(21.1)89(19.7)364(21.5)0.02
No physical exercise407(21.1)61(15.1)346(22.7)0.08
Overweight or obese†1164(64.5)243(67.9)919(63.6)0.04

*The denominator varies by condition owing to missing data.
†Overweight = body mass index (BMI) 25–29.9, obese = BMI ≥ 30.
‡Value indicates meaningful effect size (i.e., at least a weak association). Cramér’s phi (denoted as φc) values between 0.10 and 0.20 indicate a weak association, between 0.20 and 0.40 a moderate association, between 0.40 and 0.60 a strong association and above 0.60 a very strong association.