Age-adjusted mean anthropometric measures according to the presence of type 2 diabetes
| Finnish | Russian | Somali | Kurdish | |||||
| Type 2 diabetes† | Type 2 diabetes† | Type 2 diabetes† | Type 2 diabetes† | |||||
| No (n=834) | Yes (n=53) | No (n=326) | Yes (n=18) | No (n=195) | Yes (n=30) | No (n=312) | Yes (n=36) | |
| Mean (95% CI) | Mean (95% CI) | Mean (95% CI) | Mean (95% CI) | Mean (95% CI) | Mean (95% CI) | Mean (95% CI) | Mean (95% CI) | |
| BMI, kg/m2 | 26.3 (25.9 to 26.6) | 30.7 (28.9 to 32.6)*** | 26.3 (25.8 to 26.9) | 32.8 (29.2 to 36.5)** | 27.6 (26.9 to 28.2) | 29.7 (28.1 to 31.3)* | 27.8 (27.4 to 28.2) | 30.0 (28.6 to 31.3)** |
| WC, cm | 90.3 (89.3 to 91.4) | 104.9 (100.7 to 109.1)*** | 87.9 (86.5 to 89.3) | 105.8 (97.5 to 114.0)*** | 86.9 (85.5 to 88.2) | 92.7 (88.9 to 96.5)** | 89.9 (88.8 to 90.9) | 96.5 (93.0 to 99.9)*** |
| WHtR | 0.53 (0.52 to 0.53) | 0.62 (0.59 to 0.64)*** | 0.52 (0.51 to 0.53) | 0.62 (0.57 to 0.68)*** | 0.52 (0.51 to 0.53) | 0.56 (0.54 to 0.57)** | 0.55 (0.54 to 0.55) | 0.59 (0.57 to 0.61)** |
| WHR | NA | NA | 0.86 (0.86 to 0.87) | 0.93 (0.90 to 0.96)*** | 0.82 (0.81 to 0.84) | 0.88 (0.85 to 0.91)** | 0.91 (0.90 to 0.91) | 0.93 (0.91 to 0.95)* |
P value is presented for the difference within each study group, comparing mean anthropometric values among persons with type 2 diabetes to those witout type 2 diabetes.
*P<0.5, **P<0.001, ***P<0.001.
†Type 2 diabetes: self-reported diagnosis by a physician and/or self-reported diabetes medications and/or register-based diabetes and/or glycated haemoglobin ≥140 mg/dL.
BMI, body mass index; NA, not applicable; WC, waist circumference; WHR, waist-to-hip ratio; WHtR, waist-to-height ratio.