High Levels of Cardiovascular Risk Factors among Pakistanis in Norway Compared to Pakistanis in Pakistan

Table 1

Age and physical characteristics of the Pakistanis in Oslo and in Pakistan. Numbers are mean values with one SD in brackets. 𝑃 values for difference between Pakistanis and Norwegian-Pakistanis. Age adjusted values below.

		Males			Females
	Norway	Pakistan	𝑃 value	Norway	Pakistan	𝑃 value
Age	44.2 (9.3)	46.4 (9.5)	<.01	42.4 (8.6)	44.2 (8.6)	<.01
	45.2	45.3		42.9	43.9
Height (cm)	170.5 (5.9)	170.6 (7.5)	.84	156.4 (5.6)	156.6 (6.0)	.69
	170.5	170.7		156.5	156.6
Weight (kg)	79.8 (11.6)	67.1 (14.1)	<.01	71.6 (12.9)	64.1 (14.2)	<.01
	79.7	67.0		71.6	64.0
BMI	27.5 (3.5)	23.0 (4.5)	<.01	29.4 (5.0)	26.1 (5.5)	<.01
	27.5	23.0		29.4	26.1
Waist (cm)	94.4 (10.2)	86.9 (12.8)	<.01	89.0 (12.0)	90.5 (12.9)	.05
	94.7	86.6		89.2	90.5
Hip (cm)	100.4 (6.8)	94.3 (9.9)	<.01	104.6 (9.8)	105.5 (13.2)	.21
	100.5	94.2		104.6	105.5
Waist/Hip	0.94 (0.07)	0.92 (0.07)	<.01	0.85 (0.08)	0.86 (0.07)	.08
	0.94	0.92		0.85	0.86