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Table 3 Estimated deviations from the biomarkers mean of employed Canadian men: Mean deviations of the unemployed Canadian born and employed and unemployed immigrant men and women

From: Chronic disease and malnutrition biomarkers among unemployed immigrants and Canadian born adults

	Canadian born		Immigrant
	Men	Women	Men	Women
hsC Reactive Protein (mg/L)
Employed	0	0.25*	0.0	−0.32*
Unemployed	0.25*	0.13	−0.26	1.00**
Fibrinogen (g/L)
Employed	0	0	0	0
Unemployed	0.1**	0.1**	0.07	0.07
Glycosylated hemoglobin (%)
Employed	0	0	0.89*	0.89*
Unemployed	0.64	0.64	1.63*	1.63*
Glucose (mmol/L)
Employed	0	0	1.023**	1.023**
Unemployed	1.022**	1.022**	1.045**	1.045**
Hemoglobin (g/L)
Employed	0	0	0.09	0.09
Unemployed	0.3	0.3	−5.89***	−5.89***
Albumin (g/L)
Employed	0	0	0.24	0.24
Unemployed	−0.12	−0.12	−0.73*	−0.73*

*: < 0.05; ** < 0.01; ***: < 0.001
Mean values for Canadian born employed men: C - reactive protein = 1.07(mg/L); Fibrinogen = 2.87(g/L); Glycosylated hemoglobin =5.5(%); Glucose = 4.842 mmol/L; Hemoglobin 142.82 (g/L); Albumin 46.57 (g/L) as estimated in model “a” of Table 3

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