Table 1 Pre-specification of PreMPoRT predictive variables
Variable category | Variable | Definition | df1 |
|---|---|---|---|
Health behaviors | Alcohol consumption | 3 | |
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) | ||
Daily fruit and vegetable consumption | 2 | ||
Low consumption | 0 to less than 3 times daily | ||
Medium consumption | 3 to less than 6 times daily | ||
High consumption | 6 or more times daily | ||
Cigarette smoking | 4 | ||
Non-smoker | Never a smoker or former occasional smoker with < 100 lifetime cigarettes | ||
Former heavy smoker | Former smoker [≥ 1 pack (25 cigarettes)/day] | ||
Former light smoker | Former smoker [< 1 pack (25 cigarettes)/day] | ||
Heavy smoker | Current smoker [≥ 1 pack (25 cigarettes)/day] | ||
Light smoker | Current smoker [< 1 pack (25 cigarettes)/day] | ||
Leisure physical activity (kcal/kg/day) | 4 knot restricted cubic spline | 3 | |
Sociodemographic characteristics and self-perceived measures | Age (years) | 5 knot restricted cubic spline | 4 |
Ethnicity | 1 | ||
White | |||
Non-white | |||
Immigration status | 2 | ||
Canadian born | |||
Recent immigrant | Immigrated < 10 years | ||
Non-recent immigrant | Immigrated ≥ 10 years | ||
Household income | 4 | ||
Quintile 1 | Lowest 20% | ||
Quintile 2 | |||
Quintile 3 | |||
Quintile 4 | |||
Quintile 5 | Highest 20% | ||
Home ownership | 1 | ||
Yes | |||
No | |||
Education | 2 | ||
Less than secondary school graduation | |||
Secondary school graduation | |||
Post-secondary education (complete and partial) | |||
Marital status | 2 | ||
Single never married | |||
Domestic partner (married/common law) | |||
Widowed/separated/divorced | |||
Body mass index (BMI) (kg/m2) | 5 knot restricted cubic spline | 4 | |
Self-perceived general health | 4 | ||
Excellent | |||
Very good | |||
Good | |||
Fair | |||
Poor | |||
Self-perceived life stress | 4 | ||
Not at all | |||
Not very | |||
A bit stressful | |||
Quite a bit | |||
Extremely stressful | |||
Self-perceived community belonging | 3 | ||
Very strong | |||
Somewhat strong | |||
Somewhat weak | |||
Very weak | |||
Chronic conditions | Physician diagnosed chronic conditions | 17 | |
Including asthma, arthritis, back problems, high blood pressure, migraines, emphysema, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes, heart disease, cancer, intestinal ulcers, stroke, urinary incontinence, bowel disease, mood disorder, or anxiety disorder | Yes; no for each individual chronic condition | ||
Area-based measures | Rurality | 1 | |
Population center | Population of at least 1000 and a density of ≥ 400 people per square kilometer based on current census population counts | ||
Rural area | Population concentration or densities below the urban threshold based on current census population counts | ||
Material deprivation | 4 | ||
Quintile 1 | Least deprived | ||
Quintile 2 | |||
Quintile 3 | |||
Quintile 4 | |||
Quintile 5 | Most deprived | ||
Ethnic concentration | 4 | ||
Quintile 1 | Least concentrated | ||
Quintile 2 | |||
Quintile 3 | |||
Quintile 4 | |||
Quintile 5 | Most concentrated | ||
Residential instability | 4 | ||
Quintile 1 | Least unstable | ||
Quintile 2 | |||
Quintile 3 | |||
Quintile 4 | |||
Quintile 5 | Most unstable | ||
Dependency | 4 | ||
Quintile 1 | Least dependent | ||
Quintile 2 | |||
Quintile 3 | |||
Quintile 4 | |||
Quintile 5 | Most dependent | ||