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Table 1 Characteristics of the study participants

From: Physical inactivity is strongly associated with anxiety and depression in Iraqi immigrants to Sweden: a cross-sectional study

Variable

Born in Iraq N = 1255

Born in Sweden N = 634

Not anxious or depressed

Anxious and/or depressed

p

Not anxious or depressed

Anxious and/or depressed

p

N = 383

N = 872

N = 488

N = 146

 

(30.5%)

(69.5%)

 

(77.0%)

(23.0%)

 

Mean age (years)

46.5 (10.3)

45.1(9.0)

0.014

48.9 (11.2)

46 (10.3)

0.007

Male sex, n (%)

267 (69.7)

479 (54.9)

< 0.001

269 (55.1)

65 (44.5)

0.025

Living alone, n (%)

32 (8.9)

60 (7.7)

0.733

108 (23.9)

54 (42.2)

< 0.001

Mean BMI (kg/m2)

28.9 (4.2)

29.4 (4.6)

0.073

27.2 (4.6)

26.9 (5.0)

0.777

Physical activity < 150 min/week, n (%)

230 (62.2)

661 (78.5)

< 0.001

152 (31.1)

57 (39.0)

0.054

Education level < HS, n (%)

82 (21.4)

263 (30.2)

0.014

78 (16.0)

18 (12.3)

0.754

Unemployed, n (%)

39 (10.2)

90 (10.3)

0.786

11 (2.3)

6 (4.1)

0.316

Economic insecurity, n (%)

265 (69.2)

738 (84.6)

< 0.001

62 (12.7)

48 (32.9)

< 0.001

Can’t trust people, n (%)

277 (72.3)

698 (80.1)

0.003

95 (19.5)

40 (27.4)

0.069

Low social participation*, n (%)

306 (79.9)

760 (87.2)

0.004

158 (32.4)

70 (47.9)

< 0.001

Mean time since migration, (years)

20.1 (10.0)

17.5 (9.3)

0.001

-

-

-

Never read in Swedish, n (%)

239 (62.4)

635 (72.8)

< 0.001

-

-

-

Never write in Swedish, n (%)

228 (59.5)

584 (67.0)

0.002

-

-

-

Smoking, n (%)

81 (21.2)

215 (24.7)

0.016

112 (23.0)

37 (25.3)

0.641

Alcohol consumption, n (%)

88 (23.0)

151 (17.5)

0.491

425 (87.3)

112 (76.7)

0.005

  1. BMI = body mass index, HS = high school.
  2. *Fewer than four social activities in the last 12 months.