Table 2 Sociodemographic and lifestyle factors of study population stratified by BMI categories since arrival to Germany (N = 326)
| Â | Â | Underweight | Normal weight | Pre-obesity (overweight) | Obesity class I/II/III | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
Age | Mean (SD) | 21.3 (3.1) | 29.7 (9.8) | 34.7 (10.9) | 37.6 (11.9) | ||||
Sex | Male | 7 | 3.0 | 109 | 47.4 | 90 | 39.1 | 24 | 10.4 |
Female | 3 | 3.7 | 22 | 26.8 | 31 | 37.8 | 26 | 31.7 | |
Nationality | Syrians | 5 | 3.9 | 50 | 38.8 | 53 | 41.1 | 21 | 16.3 |
Afghans | 1 | 2.4 | 21 | 50.0 | 15 | 35.7 | 5 | 11.9 | |
Iraqis | 2 | 2.7 | 27 | 37.0 | 29 | 39.7 | 15 | 20.6 | |
Iranians | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 42.1 | 11 | 57.9 | 0 | 0.0 | |
African countriesa | 1 | 4.6 | 10 | 45.5 | 5 | 22.7 | 6 | 27.3 | |
Otherb | 1 | 3.9 | 14 | 53.9 | 8 | 30.8 | 3 | 11.5 | |
Marital status | Unmarried | 8 | 5.8 | 74 | 53.2 | 50 | 36.0 | 7 | 5.0 |
Married | 2 | 1.3 | 52 | 34.7 | 59 | 39.3 | 37 | 24.7 | |
Divorced | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 16.7 | 10 | 55.6 | 5 | 27.8 | |
Widowed | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 40.0 | 2 | 40.0 | 1 | 20.0 | |
Education | Low | 4 | 3.2 | 49 | 38.9 | 48 | 38.1 | 25 | 19.8 |
Medium | 6 | 4.9 | 59 | 48.0 | 42 | 34.2 | 16 | 13.0 | |
High | 0 | 0.0 | 23 | 36.5 | 31 | 49.2 | 9 | 14.3 | |
Employment status | Employed | 0 | 0.0 | 23 | 71.9 | 8 | 25.0 | 1 | 3.1 |
Unemployed | 10 | 3.7 | 104 | 38.4 | 109 | 40.2 | 48 | 17.7 | |
Length of stay since arrival | < 12 months | 0 | 0.0 | 16 | 41.0 | 19 | 48.7 | 4 | 10.3 |
12–24 months | 2 | 6.9 | 116 | 55.2 | 6 | 20.7 | 5 | 17.2 | |
25–36 months | 6 | 3.7 | 72 | 43.9 | 61 | 37.2 | 25 | 15.2 | |
> 36 months | 2 | 2.6 | 26 | 33.8 | 35 | 45.5 | 14 | 18.2 | |
Exercise (sport) | No exercise | 6 | 3.5 | 62 | 36.3 | 70 | 40.9 | 33 | 19.3 |
< 120 min per week | 2 | 2.1 | 46 | 47.4 | 34 | 35.1 | 15 | 15.5 | |
≥120 min per week | 1 | 2.4 | 23 | 54.8 | 16 | 38.1 | 2 | 4.8 | |
Smoking status | Smoker | 5 | 3.0 | 44 | 32.8 | 56 | 41.8 | 30 | 22.4 |
Non-smoker | 4 | 2.8 | 86 | 48.9 | 65 | 36.9 | 20 | 11.4 | |
Alcohol use | Sobriety/abstinence | 7 | 3.9 | 73 | 40.8 | 68 | 38.0 | 31 | 17.3 |
Low-risk consumptionc | 1 | 1.3 | 34 | 43.0 | 31 | 39.2 | 13 | 16.5 | |
Risky consumptiond | 2 | 5.7 | 17 | 48.6 | 13 | 37.1 | 3 | 8.6 | |
Dangerous consumptione | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 27.3 | 5 | 45.5 | 3 | 27.3 | |
Fruit & vegetable consumption | ≥5 servings per day | 1 | 3.6 | 7 | 25.0 | 14 | 50.0 | 6 | 21.4 |
< 5 servings per day | 9 | 3.2 | 120 | 43.0 | 106 | 38.0 | 44 | 15.8 | |
Eating habits | > 4 meals per day | 2 | 3.0 | 31 | 47.0 | 25 | 37.9 | 8 | 12.1 |
≤4 meals per day | 8 | 3.3 | 100 | 40.7 | 96 | 39.0 | 42 | 17.1 | |