Table 1

Age-adjusted anthropometric characteristics of the study population

FinnishRussianSomaliKurdish
Mean (95% CI)Mean (95% CI)Mean (95% CI)Mean (95% CI)
Men, N39511985181
 Age ≥45 years, %57.0 (50.7 to 63.1)46.5 (37.0 to 56.4)31.1 (21.7 to 42.3)***34.5 (28.5 to 41.0)***
 Weight, kg86.4 (84.5 to 88.3)82.9 (80.1 to 85.7)*74.6 (72.3 to 77.0)***80.9 (79.3 to 82.5)***
 Height, cm179.6 (178.7 to 180.5)176.6 (175.4 to 177.7)***174.5 (173.0 to 176.0)***171.6 (170.7 to 172.4)***
 Hip circumference, cmNA100.3 (98.8 to 101.7)100.0 (98.5 to 101.5)97.2 (96.2 to 98.3)
 Waist circumference, cm96.0 (94.5 to 97.5)92.9 (90.5 to 95.3)*87.1 (85.1 to 89.1)***93.3 (92.0 to 94.5)**
 Body mass index, kg/m2 26.7 (26.2 to 27.3)26.6 (25.8 to 27.4)24.5 (23.8 to 25.3)***27.4 (26.9 to 27.9)
 Waist-to-height ratio0.54 (0.53 to 0.54)0.53 (0.51 to 0.54)0.50 (0.49 to 0.51)***0.54 (0.54 to 0.55)
 Waist-to-hip ratioNA0.92 (0.91 to 0.93)0.87 (0.85 to 0.88)0.95 (0.95 to 0.96)
Women492225140167
 Age ≥45 years, %55.2 (50.2 to 60.1)60.6 (53.6 to 67.2)35.3 (27.6 to 43.7)***31.1 (25.1 to 37.9)***
 Weight, kg72.2 (70.8 to 73.6)71.5 (69.5 to 73.4)80.9 (78.4 to 83.3)***71.0 (69.5 to 72.6)
 Height, cm165.9 (165.2 to 166.5)164.0 (163.1 to 164.8)***161.9 (161.0 to 162.9)***157.4 (156.7 to 158.2)***
 Hip circumference, cmNA102.7 (101.2 to 104.2)109.6 (107.8 to 111.4)100.5 (99.2 to 101.8)
 Waist circumference, cm86.8 (85.4 to 88.1)85.1 (83.3 to 86.9)88.3 (86.5 to 90.1)88.5 (86.9 to 90.0)
 Body mass index, kg/m2 26.3 (25.8 to 26.8)26.6 (25.8 to 27.3)30.8 (29.9 to 31.6)***28.6 (28.0 to 29.3)***
 Waist-to-height ratio0.52 (0.52 to 0.53)0.52 (0.51 to 0.53)0.55 (0.54 to 0.56)**0.56 (0.55 to 0.57)***
 Waist-to-hip ratioNA0.83 (0.82 to 0.83)0.80 (0.79 to 0.82)0.87 (0.87 to 0.88)

  • P value is presented for the difference between each migrant group and Finns.

  • *P<0.5, **P<0.001, ***P<0.001.

  • NA, not applicable.