Table 2 Demographic data of the study population
N = 502 | Migrants = 173 | Non-migrants = 329 | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Average age | 46.1 ± 14,3 | 52.7 ± 14,6 | p ≤ 0,001 | |
BMI | 25.8 ± 6,2 | 25.5 ± 5,8 | p = 0,452 | |
Education / Employment status | Â | |||
 No school qualifications | 8.9% (n = 15) | 2.1% (n = 7) | p = 0,003 | |
 High school diploma / university degree | 57.4% (n = 97) | 51.3% (n = 171) | ||
 Employed | 47.9% (n = 81) | 59.2% (n = 197) | p ≤ 0,001 | |
 Unemployed | 33.7% (n = 57) | 13.8% (n = 46) | ||
 Retired | 18.3% (n = 31) | 27% (n = 90) | ||
Religion | Â | |||
 Christian | 30.8% (n = 52) | 37.8% (n = 126) | p ≤ 0,001 | |
 Islam | 40.2% (n = 68) | 1.8% (n = 6) | ||
 Other religion | 10.7% (n = 18)) | 12.70% (n = 42) | ||
 No religion | 18.3% (n = 31) | 47.7% (n = 159) |  | |
Pre-existing diseases | Â | |||
 Pre-existing disease yes | 50.9% (n = 86) | 59.8% (n = 199) | p = 0,058 | |
 Pre-existing disease no | 49.1% (n = 83) | 40.2% (n = 134) | ||
 Obesity (BMI > 35) | 36.0% (n = 18) | 64.0% (n = 32) | p = 0,713 | |
 Underweight (BMI < 18) | 36.8% (n = 7) | 63.2% (n = 12) | p = 0,765 | |
 Cardiovascular disease | 24.0% (n = 18) | 76.0% (n = 57) | p = 0,055 | |
 Diabetes | 33.3% (n = 11) | 66.7% (n = 22) | p = 0,976 | |
 Thyroid disease | 31.1% (n = 38) | 68.9% (n = 84) | p = 0,499 | |
 Rheumatic diesease | 38.5% (n = 10) | 61.5% (n = 16) | p = 0,800 | |
 Malignant gynecologic cancer | 22.40% (n = 37) | 30.1% (n = 98) | p = 0,073 | |
Physical Exercise | Yes | 59% (n = 102) | 65% (n = 214) | p = 0,391 |
No | 41% (n = 67) |  | ||
Smoking | Yes | 15.6% (n = 27) | 21% (n = 69) | p = 0,007 |
No | 84.4% (n = 142) |  | ||
Alcohol consumption | Yes | 34.7% (n = 60) | 54.4% (n = 179) | p ≤ 0,001 |
No | 65.3% (n = 109) | 45.6% (n = 154) | ||