| Main effects | Base model | Adjusted model | Adjusted with explanatory variables | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BMI percentile, mean (95% CI) | Difference from reference, p | BMI percentile, mean (95% CI) | Difference from reference, p | BMI percentile, mean (95% CI) | Difference from reference, p | |
| Country of birth | ||||||
| Canadian born | 58 (57–59) | Reference | 60 (58–61) | Reference | 59 (57–60) | Reference |
| Foreign born | 54 (53–56) | < 0.001 | 56 (54–58) | < 0.001 | 55 (53–57) | < 0.001 |
| Ethnicity | ||||||
| Canadian host culture | 56 (55–57) | Reference | 57 (56–59) | Reference | 57 (56–59) | Reference |
| Arab and West Asian | 57 (54–61) | 0.36 | 59 (56–63) | 0.29 | 59 (55–63) | 0.46 |
| African | 59 (57–61) | 0.01 | 60 (58–63) | 0.007 | 59 (56–62) | 0.12 |
| East Indian and South Asian | 51 (49–54) | 0.003 | 54 (51–57) | 0.016 | 53 (50–56) | 0.005 |
| East and Southeast Asian | 53 (51–55) | 0.023 | 55 (53–58) | 0.073 | 54 (51–56) | 0.005 |
| Latin American | 60 (55–64) | 0.076 | 62 (57–66) | 0.066 | 61 (56–66) | 0.14 |
| Other | 57 (55–59) | 0.097 | 59 (57–61) | 0.077 | 57 (55–59) | 0.91 |
Note: CI = confidence interval. *The base model did not control for any covariables. The adjusted model controlled for gender, age, individual-level perceived family wealth, median neighbourhood income, percentage of immigrants in the community and Statistics Canada’s population centre category. The adjusted model with explanatory variables controlled for all variables in the adjusted model, plus television watching, computer use, playing video games, physical activity, snacking while watching television, snacking while on the computer or playing video games and frequency of eating at fast-food restaurants.