Influence of socio-economic and lifestyle factors on overweight and nutrition-related diseases among Tunisian migrants versus non-migrant Tunisians and French

Table 1 Socio-demographic and lifestyle characteristics of the different groups.

	Tunisian migrants		Local-born French		Tunisian migrants vs. local-born French	Tunisian migrants¹		Tunisians		Tunisian migrants vs. Tunisians
	n	% or Mean (s.d.)	n	% or Mean (s.d.)	p-value	n	% or Mean (s.d.)	n	% or Mean (s.d.)	p-value
Age (years)	147	50.2 (13.2)	147	49.8 (13.9)	0.7	147	50.2 (13.2)	147	52.3 (16.3)	0.2
Educational level	147		147			147		147
None or Primary		38.1%		16.3%			38.1%		42.2%	0.07
Secondary		42.2%		58.5%	0.0001		42.2%		40.8%
University		19.7%		25.2%			19.7%		17.0%
Economic level index	145		147			145		145
Low		50.3%		16.3%	10^-4		29.7%		38.6%	10^-4
Medium		35.9%		32.0%			25.5%		40.7%
High		13.8%		51.7%			44.8%		20.7%
Healthcare utilisation level index	147		147			147		147
Low		55.1%		11.6%			39.5%		24.5%
Medium		23.1%		40.8%	10^-4		36.0%		33.3%	0.002
High		21.8%		47.6%			25.5%		42.2%
Current smoking	147	28.6%	147	34.7%	0.25	147	28.6%	147	40.8%	0.02
Alcohol consumption		19.1%		93.2%	<10^-4		19.1%		12.9%	0.15
Physical activity level (3 groups)	147		147			147		147
Sedentary or light active lifestyle		36.7%		35.4%			36.7%		55.1%
Active or moderately active lifestyle		53.1%		43.5%	0.03		53.1%		32.0%	0.001
Vigorous or vigorously active lifestyle		10.2%		21.1%			10.2%		12.9%
Categories of energy intake	145		147			145		147
Low		29.6%		36.7%			35.2%		31.3%
Medium		33.1%		34.0%	0.3		33.8%		33.3%	0.7
High		37.3%		29.2%			31.0%		35.4%

1. Results relating to Tunisian migrants were repeated because the economic index, healthcare utilisation index and energy intake were built separately for the comparison of each group (migrants and French; migrants and Tunisians) and the breakdown into terciles did not give the same percentages for migrants in each case.

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