Table 1 Socio-demographic factors, body height and adiposity measures with 95% CIs by gender and country of birth

Women

   Sample size (N)

1112

177

303

343

189

   Age (years)

46.3

45.8-46.8

41.7

40.7-42.8

43.4

42.5-44.2

39.6

38.9-40.3

43.5

42.4-44.6

< 0.001

   Income-generating work - full time (%)

60.8

57.9-63.7

26.2

19.8-32.7

48.8

43.2-54.5

43.7

38.5-49.0

11.3

6.8-15.8

< 0.001

   Self-reported years of education

12.2

12.0-12.4

6.0

5.3-6.8

10.3

10.0-10.6

12.1

11.7-12.4

8.4

7.6-9.1

< 0.001

   Low education (% with ≤ 9 years)

17.7

15.5-19.9

70.6

63.9-77.4

43.6

38.0-49.1

12.8

9.3-16.4

43.1

36.0-50.2

< 0.001

   Duration of residence in Norway (years)

16.0

14.4-17.5

11.9

10.7-13.0

11.4

10.3-12.5

16.5

15.0-17.9

< 0.001

   Heavy physical activity, yes (%)

62.7

59.7-65.7

28.7

21.6-35.7

36.7

30.7-42.8

36.7

31.0-42.4

30.0

22.7-37.2

< 0.001

   Body height (cm)

166.3

166.0-166.7

156.5

155.6-157.4

152.8

152.2-153.4

154.9

154.3-155.5

157.4

156.5-158.3

< 0.001

   BMI (kg/m²)

26.1

25.8-26.3

31.7

30.8-32.6

23.4

23.0-23.7

27.1

26.7-27.5

29.6

28.8-30.3

< 0.001

   BMI > 30 kg/m² (%)

19.1

16.7-21.5

55.9

48.6-63.3

4.9

2.4-7.3

22.4

18.0-26.8

41.2

34.2-48.3

< 0.001

   BMI > 25 kg/m² (%)

50.3

47.3-53.2

87.7

82.9-92.6

25.1

20.3-30.0

66.4

61.4-71.4

82.1

76.7-87.6

< 0.001

   BMI > 23 kg/m² (%)

70.2

67.5-72.9

96.2

93.4-99.0

48.9

43.3-54.6

85.2

81.4-88.9

92.6

88.9-96.4

< 0.001

   Waist circumference (cm)

82.0

81.3-82.7

89.9

88.0-91.8

73.3

72.5-74.2

84.7

83.7-85.7

90.1

88.4-91.7

< 0.001

   WHR

0.80

0.80-0.80

0.83

0.82-0.84

0.81

0.80-0.81

0.86

0.85-0.87

0.86

0.84-0.87

< 0.001

   WSR^b

0.49

0.49-0.50

0.57

0.56-0.59

0.48

0.47-0.48

0.55

0.54-0.55

0.57

0.56-0.58

< 0.001

Men

   Sample size (N)

759

210

250

536

231

   Age (years)

46.6

46.0-47.2

43.2

42.1-44.2

44.2

43.2-45.1

39.9

39.3-40.4

45.3

44.2-46.3

< 0.001

   Income-generating work - full time (%)

87.4

85.1-89.8

54.3

47.6-61.1

64.1

58.1-70.0

71.1

67.3-75.0

61.2

55.0-67.5

< 0.001

   Self-reported years of education

12.9

12.6-13.1

9.5

8.9-10.2

11.5

10.9-12.1

12.9

12.6-13.2

11.3

10.9-11.8

< 0.001

   Low education (% with ≤ 9 years)

15.5

12.9-18.0

48.9

42.2-55.7

28.7

23.0-34.3

8.7

6.3-11.1

23.3

17.9-28.8

< 0.001

   Duration of residence in Norway (years)

16.9

15.5-18.3

13.2

12.0-14.5

12.3

11.4-13.2

20.0

18.7-21.3

< 0.001

   Heavy physical activity, yes (%)

67.6

64.1-71.0

33.7

26.9-40.4

45.5

38.8-52.2

51.9

47.1-56.7

33.0

26.4-39.6

< 0.001

   Body height (cm)

179.1

179.3-180.3

170.6

169.7-171.

164.2

163.5-164.8

167.6

167.1-168.1

170.0

169.2-170.7

< 0.001

   BMI (kg/m²)

27.1

26.8-27.4

28.0

27.5-28.5

24.1

23.8-24.5

25.9

25.6-26.1

27.4

27.0-27.9

< 0.001

   BMI > 30 kg/m² (%)

19.6

16.8-22.4

27.4

21.4-33.4

2.7

0.7-4.7

9.3

6.9-11.8

23.2

17.8-28.7

< 0.001

   BMI > 25 kg/m² (%)

68.5

65.2-71.8

79.8

74.4-85.3

36.1

30.1-42.2

59.6

55.4-63.7

75.8

70.3-81.4

< 0.001

   BMI > 23 kg/m² (%)

87.5

85.1-89.8

90.2

86.2-94.2

66.6

60.7-72.5

81.8

78.6-85.1

88.7

84.6-92.8

< 0.001

   Waist circumference (cm)

94.4

93.6-95.2

93.6

92.1-95.1

80.8

79.8-81.8

89.8

89.0-90.6

93.9

92.5-95.2

< 0.001

   WHR

0.91

0.91-0.92

0.92

0.91-0.93

0.87

0.87-0.88

0.93

0.93-0.94

0.94

0.93-0.95

< 0.001

   WSR^b

0.53

0.52-0.53

0.55

0.54-0.56

0.49

0.49-0.50

0.54

0.53-0.54

0.55

0.54-0.56

< 0.001