Physical activity in Sami and non-Sami populations in rural Northern Norway, the SAMINOR 2 Clinical Survey

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Table 1 Characteristics for women, by region/season and ethnic group. The SAMINOR 2 Clinical Survey (2012–2014)

	Winter, inland^b			Winter, coast^c			Autumn/spring, coast^d			Total
	Sami	Non-Sami	P-value	Sami	Non-Sami	P-value	Sami	Non-Sami	P-value	Sami	Non-Sami	P-value
Number^a	590	97		281	215		359	1466		1230	1778
Mean age (SD) (years)	57.7 (10.4)	58.3 (10.4)	0.62	59.2 (10.4)	56.9 (10.8)	0.02	58.2 (10.1)	58.8 (10.5)	0.34	58.2 (10.3)	58.5 (10.6)	0.37
Education (years)			< 0.001			0.62			0.004			0.03
< 13	53.0	25.0		49.4	47.1		50.0	58.5		51.3	55.4
≥ 13	47.0	75.0		50.6	52.9		50.0	41.5		48.7	44.6
Smoking			0.02			0.60			0.10			0.23
Never	41.9	54.2		35.1	32.6		34.9	39.9		38.3	39.8
Former	35.6	34.4		44.9	43.9		40.9	40.3		39.3	40.4
Current	22.5	11.5		19.9	23.6		24.2	19.8		22.4	19.8
Alcohol past year (g/day)			< 0.001			0.40			0.36			< 0.001
No alcohol	48.2	27.8		25.5	26.0		25.8	26.1		36.0	26.2
< 2.0	35.2	32.0		40.1	32.7		33.2	33.7		35.7	33.2
2.0–4.99	9.6	15.5		14.3	17.8		17.1	17.3		13.0	17.2
5.0–9.99	6.3	17.5		15.1	19.2		15.2	17.1		11.1	17.4
≥ 10.0	0.7	7.2		5.0	4.3		8.7	5.8		4.2	5.7
Diseases
CVD	28.3	26.8	0.76	31.3	29.8	0.71	32.3	32.5	0.95	30.2	31.8	0.33
Diabetes	8.0	4.1	0.18	5.3	3.7	0.40	8.4	8.4	0.98	7.5	7.6	0.91
Chronic pain	41.7	44.3	0.63	38.4	42.3	0.38	47.1	49.7	0.37	42.5	48.5	0.001
BMI categories (kg/m²)			< 0.001			0.18			0.59			< 0.001
< 25	23.4	33.3		26.0	32.7		30.3	32.9		26.0	32.9
25–29.9	37.8	49.0		45.2	37.9		42.3	39.8		40.8	40.1
≥ 30	38.8	17.7		28.8	29.4		27.5	27.3		33.2	27.0

SD standard deviation, CVD Cardiovascular disease (Myocardial infarction, angina pectoris, atrial fibrillation, heart (bypass) surgery, stent placement and/or use of antihypertensive drugs), BMI body mass index
^aSubgroups may not total to this number due to missing values
^bMunicipalities included in winter, inland area: Kautokeino, Karasjok
^cMunicipalities included in winter, coast area: Tana and Nesseby
^dMunicipalities included in autumn/spring, coast area: Lyngen, Porsanger, Skånland, Evenes, Storfjord and Kåfjord

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