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Table 2 Prevalence of overweight/obesity with different athropometric indicators in the studied population

From: The association between anthropometric measures and glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) is different in Russian, Somali and Kurdish origin migrants compared with the general population in Finland: a cross-sectional population-based study

 

General population

% (95% CI)

Russian origin

% (95% CI)

Somali origin

% (95% CI)

Kurdish origin

% (95% CI)

N

653

293

184

275

Age ≥ 45 years, %

56.1 (51.6–60.6)

54.7 (48.5–60.7)

30.8 (24.3–38.2)

30.3 (25.5–35.4)

Body mass index (kg/m2)

  < 25

45.3 (40.8–49.9)

42.2 (36.2–48.4)

29.2 (22.7–36.8)

20.5 (16.4–25.2)

 25–29.99

37.9 (33.5–42.4)

39.9 (34.1–46.0)

42.4 (35.0–50.2)

55.2 (49.6–60.6)

  ≥ 30

16.8 (13.6–20.7)

17.9 (13.7–23.1)

28.4 (22.5–35.1)

24.4 (19.9–29.5)

Waist circumference, cm

  < 94 (men)/< 80 (women)

43.5 (39.0–48.0)

45.7 (39.8–51.8)

47.8 (41.2–54.5)

36.1 (31.2–41.3)

 94–102 (men)/80–88 (women)

27.2 (23.3–31.5)

28.9 (23.7–34.8)

26.9 (21.0–33.8)

39.4 (34.1–44.9)

  > 102 (men)/> 88 (women)

29.3 (25.4–33.6)

25.3 (20.6–30.8)

25.3 (19.8–31.7)

24.6 (20.1–29.7)

Waist-to-height ratio

  < 0.50

42.3 (37.9–46.8)

45.4 (39.4–51.4)

38.7 (31.5–46.4)

22.2 (18.0–26.9)

 0.50–0.59

44.0 (39.5–48.7)

41.3 (35.5–47.4)

50.8 (43.0–58.5)

60.0 (54.5–65.3)

  ≥ 0.60

13.7 (11.1–16.7)

13.3 (9.7–17.9)

10.5 (6.7–16.1)

17.8 (13.9–22.6)

Waist-to-hip ratio

  ≥ 0.90 (men)/≥0.85 (women)

N/A

41.0 (35.2–47.0)

27.5 (21.1–34.9)

73.5 (68.5–77.9)

  1. 95% CI 95% Confidence Interval