Obesity and Its Relationship with Occupational Injury in the Canadian Workforce
Table 3
Associations between BMI status and occupational injury in subgroups of the 1998–2000 National Population Health Survey ().
Any occupational injury
Serious occupational injury
Normal weight
Overweight
Obese
Normal weight
Overweight
Obese
By sex:
Males
1.00
0.99 (0.66–1.50)
1.13 (0.71–1.79)
1.00
1.02 (0.63–1.67)
1.24 (0.71–2.18)
Females
1.00
0.91 (0.47–1.76)
2.01 (1.11–3.64)
1.00
1.15 (0.55–2.14)
2.02 (0.97–4.20)
By age:
<40
1.00
0.83 (0.53–1.30)
1.15 (0.70–1.88)
1.00
1.00 (0.57–1.74)
1.33 (0.73–2.45)
≥40
1.00
1.40 (0.83–2.35)
1.96 (1.11–3.47)
1.00
1.24 (0.68–2.26)
1.69 (0.87–3.26)
By occupation:
Sedentary
1.00
1.05 (0.64–1.71)
1.88 (1.06–3.34)
1.00
1.16 (0.65–2.08)
2.05 (1.06–3.98)
Moderately active
1.00
1.06 (0.43–2.62)
1.22 (0.50–3.00)
1.00
1.44 (0.46–4.56)
1.13 (0.37–3.44)
Labour intensive
1.00
0.87 (0.51–1.49)
1.02 (0.57–1.81)
1.00
0.86 (0.44–1.66)
1.08 (0.52–2.25)
Data presented as odds ratios (95% confidence intervals). Odds ratios were adjusted for age, gender, ethnicity, income, education, smoking, alcohol, and type of occupation, as appropriate.
