Risk of obesity in immigrants compared with Swedes in two deprived neighbourhoods

BMC Public Health

Table 2 Prevalence (%) of obesity by body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC) and body fat percentage (BF%) in the study population by country of birth and gender.

Outcome	Total sample		Swedish		Other European		Middle East
	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women
BMI: Obese (BMI ≥ 30)	28.4	31.2	17.5	16.0	31.6	21.4	32.6	42.9
WC ¹⁾: Abdominal obesity	25.7	39.0	25.0	30.0	26.3	50.0	25.8	42.9
BF% ²⁾: Obese	27.0	30.5	22.5	24.0	21.1	14.3	30.3	37.7

1) Men and women were defined as abdominally obese if their waist circumference (WC) was ≥ 102 cm (men) or ≥ 88 cm (women).
2) Body fat percentage. The definition of obesity varied by age and gender: Men: age 18–39 ≥ 25%, age 40–59 ≥ 28%, age 60–65 ≥ 30%. Women: age 20–39 ≥ 39%, age 40–59 ≥ 40%, age 60–65 ≥ 42%.

ISSN: 1471-2458