Table 3 BMI categories before the escape, upon and since arrival to Germany, stratified by sex and age group (N = 326)
| Â | Age group | p-value | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
18–24 | 25–29 | 30–39 | 40+ | ||||||
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
BMI before escape | |||||||||
 Overall |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | < 0.001 |
  Underweight | 8 | 11.4 | 2 | 3.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
  Normal weight | 40 | 57.1 | 28 | 45.9 | 24 | 30.8 | 20 | 31.8 | |
  Pre-obesity (overweight) | 18 | 25.7 | 22 | 36.1 | 36 | 46.2 | 30 | 47.6 | |
  Obesity class I/II/III | 4 | 5.7 | 9 | 14.8 | 18 | 23.1 | 13 | 20.6 | |
 Men |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.001 |
  Underweight | 2 | 3.7 | 2 | 4.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
  Normal weight | 36 | 66.7 | 27 | 54.0 | 15 | 27.8 | 15 | 33.3 | |
  Pre-obesity (overweight) | 14 | 25.1 | 15 | 30.0 | 28 | 51.9 | 22 | 48.9 | |
  Obesity class I/II/III | 2 | 3.7 | 6 | 12.0 | 11 | 20.4 | 8 | 17.8 | |
 Women |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.002 |
  Underweight | 6 | 37.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
  Normal weight | 4 | 25.0 | 1 | 9.1 | 9 | 37.5 | 5 | 27.8 | |
  Pre-obesity (overweight) | 4 | 25.0 | 7 | 63.6 | 8 | 33.3 | 8 | 44.4 | |
  Obesity class I/II/III | 2 | 12.5 | 3 | 27.3 | 7 | 29.2 | 5 | 27.8 | |
BMI upon arrival | |||||||||
 Overall |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | < 0.001 |
  Underweight | 10 | 13.7 | 2 | 3.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
  Normal weight | 48 | 65.8 | 32 | 48.5 | 37 | 43.5 | 30 | 44.1 | |
  Pre-obesity (overweight) | 11 | 15.1 | 25 | 37.9 | 36 | 42.4 | 26 | 38.2 | |
  Obesity class I/II/III | 4 | 5.5 | 7 | 10.6 | 12 | 14.1 | 12 | 17.7 | |
 Men |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | < 0.001 |
  Underweight | 4 | 7.0 | 2 | 3.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
  Normal weight | 43 | 75.4 | 30 | 56.6 | 25 | 43.1 | 18 | 38.3 | |
  Pre-obesity (overweight) | 7 | 12.3 | 16 | 30.2 | 27 | 46.6 | 20 | 42.6 | |
  Obesity class I/II/III | 3 | 5.3 | 5 | 9.4 | 6 | 10.3 | 9 | 19.2 | |
 Women |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | < 0.001 |
  Underweight | 6 | 37.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
  Normal weight | 5 | 31.3 | 2 | 15.4 | 12 | 44.4 | 12 | 57.1 | |
  Pre-obesity (overweight) | 4 | 25.0 | 9 | 69.2 | 9 | 33.3 | 6 | 28.6 | |
  Obesity class I/II/III | 1 | 6.3 | 2 | 15.4 | 6 | 22.2 | 3 | 14.3 | |
BMI since arrival | |||||||||
 Overall |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | < 0.001 |
  Underweight | 9 | 11.3 | 1 | 1.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
  Normal weight | 50 | 62.5 | 30 | 42.9 | 26 | 29.6 | 25 | 33.8 | |
  Pre-obesity (overweight) | 17 | 21.3 | 28 | 40.0 | 44 | 50.0 | 32 | 43.2 | |
  Obesity class I/II/III | 4 | 5.0 | 11 | 15.7 | 18 | 20.5 | 17 | 23.0 | |
 Men |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | < 0.001 |
  Underweight | 6 | 9.4 | 1 | 1.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
  Normal weight | 43 | 67.2 | 29 | 51.8 | 20 | 32.8 | 17 | 34.7 | |
  Pre-obesity (overweight) | 14 | 21.1 | 20 | 35.7 | 33 | 54.1 | 23 | 46.9 | |
  Obesity class I/II/III | 1 | 1.6 | 6 | 10.7 | 8 | 13.1 | 9 | 18.4 | |
 Women |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.014 |
  Underweight | 3 | 18.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
  Normal weight | 7 | 43.8 | 1 | 7.1 | 6 | 22.2 | 8 | 32.0 | |
  Pre-obesity (overweight) | 3 | 18.8 | 8 | 57.1 | 11 | 40.7 | 9 | 36.0 | |
  Obesity class I/II/III | 3 | 18.8 | 5 | 35.7 | 10 | 37.0 | 8 | 32.0 | |