Table 2: Characteristics of Alberta's Tomorrow Project (ATP) participants at enrolment compared with respondents in Alberta to the 2005 Canadian Community Health Survey Cycle 3.1
Self-reported domainsMenWomen
ATP, %= 12 116CCHS Alberta*, %
= 3376
ATP, %
= 18 956
CCHS Alberta*, %
= 3915
Sex39.049.861.050.2
Age, yr†
    35-4432.032.832.830.9
    45-5435.530.835.129.8
    55-6424.218.623.718.2
    65-698.317.98.421.1
    Missing0.00.00.00.0
Education†
    High school not completed11.015.19.015.7
    High school completed14.914.520.818.1
    Some postsecondary‡18.75.722.36.4
    Postsecondary completed§55.562.147.957.3
    Missing0.02.70.02.5
Marital status†
    Married/living with a partner82.581.175.670.9
    Single (never married)6.69.25.56.4
    Divorced/separated/widowed10.99.718.922.6
    Missing0.00.00.00.1
Annual household income, $ †
    < 30 0009.311.215.816.1
    30 000-59 99924.714.328.414.9
    60 000-89 99927.622.323.720.1
     90 00036.938.229.230.5
    Missing1.614.03.018.4
Body mass index¶ †
    < 18.50.20.41.12.8
    18.5-24.923.034.039.246.8
    25.0-29.948.445.333.229.9
     30.028.419.526.215.9
    Missing0.00.80.54.6
Smoking status†
    Daily smoker16.021.315.217.1
    Occasional smoker3.53.92.93.5
    Not at all**80.574.481.979.3
    Missing0.10.30.00.1
Chronic health condition††
    High blood pressure‡‡24.820.321.720.0
    Emphysema0.91.10.60.8
    Chronic bronchitis‡‡2.82.23.92.8
    Diabetes5.86.44.35.5
    Ulcerative colitis§§0.90.71.20.7
    Crohn disease0.50.20.70.3

Note: ATP = Alberta's Tomorrow Project, CCHS = Canadian Community Health Survey.

*CCHS 3.1 Alberta weighted data, restricted to CCHS 3.1 Albertan respondents aged 35-69 years as per Alberta's Tomorrow Project (ATP) inclusion criteria.

p < 0.001 ATP enrolment v. CCHS 3.1 Alberta weighted data (χ2 test).

‡Some postsecondary includes combined responses to: some technical school/college training completed, some part of university degree completed.

§Postsecondary completed includes combined responses to: completed technical school/college training, completed university degree, some part of post-graduate university degree completed, completed university postgraduate degree.

¶Body mass index derived from participant self-reported height and weight.

**"Not at all" smoking status includes never smokers and former smokers.

††Chronic health condition includes a self-reported physician diagnosis of one or more of the following: high blood pressure, emphysema, chronic bronchitis, diabetes, ulcerative colitis, Crohn disease.

‡‡p < 0.001 ATP enrolment v. CCHS 3.1 Alberta weighted data men only (χ2 test).

§§p < 0.001 ATP enrolment v. CCHS 3.1 Alberta weighted data women only (χ2 test).