Creator:

Statistics Canada

Geography:

North America > Canada

Categories:

• Chronic Diseases

Tags:

• arthritis
• incidence
• obesity
• overweight

Date:

2004

URL:

http://www.statcan.gc.ca/studies-etudes/82-003/archive/2004/6764-eng.pdf

Annotation:

This article reports incidence rates of arthritis, based on data for people aged 40 or older who were followed over six years. The association between excess weight and arthritis, controlled for possible confounders, is also studied.  Data are from the household components of cycle 1.1 of Statistics Canada's Canadian Community Health Survey (2000/01) and from the first four cycles of the National Population Health Survey (1994/95 to 2000/01).