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

Table 3 Coefficients of determination for the association between HbA1c and fasting glucose with continuous anthropometric measures

	General population (n = 653)		Russian origin (n = 293)		Somali origin (n = 184)		Kurdish origin (n = 275)
	R² HbA1c	R² FG	R² HbA1c	R² FG	R² HbA1c	R² FG	R² HbA1c	R² FG
Age + sex	0.0660	0.1174	0.1003	0.1027	0.0387	0.0972	0.0079	0.1237
Age + sex + BMI + WC + WHtR + WHR	N/A^a	N/A^a	0.1769	0.1936	0.0860	0.2022	0.0335	0.1657
Age + sex + BMI + WC + WHtR	0.1321	0.1683	0.1755	0.1631	0.0732	0.1975	0.0247	0.1652
Age + sex + BMI + WC	0.1244	0.1670	0.1705	0.1495	0.0707	0.1873	0.0195	0.1639
Age + sex + BMI	0.1164	0.1642	0.1340	0.1280	0.0555	0.1510	0.0118	0.1618
Age + sex + WC	0.1243	0.1651	0.1606	0.1447	0.0705	0.1873	0.0079	0.1590
Age + sex + WHtR	0.1314	0.1675	0.1597	0.1503	0.0727	0.1633	0.0088	0.1606
Age + sex + WHR	N/A^a	N/A^a	0.1639	0.1894	0.0768	0.1470	0.0094	0.1313

R², coefficient of determination; HbA1c glycated haemoglobin; FG fasting glucose
BMI body mass index, WC waist circumference, WtHR waist-to-height ratio, WHR waist-to-hip ratio
^acould not be calculated because hip circumference was not measured in the Health 2011 Survey

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