Table 1. Characteristics of Mongolian and U.K. women.
| Born outside UB | Born in UB | p (born outsidevs. in UB) | U.K. | p (U.K. vs. Mongolia combined) | |
| N = 177 | N = 137 | N = 129 | |||
| Age (years) | |||||
| <30 | 17 (9.7) | 22 (16.1)) | 7 (5.4)) | ||
| 30–34 | 58 (33.1) | 56 (40.9) | 12 (9.3) | ||
| 35–39 | 53 (30.3) | 35 (25.6) | 40 (31.0) | ||
| 40–44 | 45 (25.7) | 24 (17.5) | 53 (41.1) | ||
| 45–49 | 2 (1.1) | 0 (0.0) | 0.006 | 17 (13.2) | <0.0001 |
| Height (tertiles; cm) | |||||
| 138.6–156.0 | 89 (50.3) | 53 (38.7) | 5 (3.9) | ||
| 156.1–162.9 | 58 (32.8) | 60 (43.8) | 22 (17.2) | ||
| 163.0–183.0 | 30 (17.0) | 24 (17.5) | 0.15 | 101 (78.9) | <0.0001 |
| Weight (tertiles; kg) | |||||
| 35.8–58.5 | 71 (40.1) | 60 (43.8) | 16 (12.5) | ||
| 58.6–68.5 | 62 (35.0) | 37 (27.0) | 48 (37.5) | ||
| 68.6–124.0 | 44 (24.9) | 40 (29.2) | 0.94 | 64 (50.0) | <0.0001 |
| BMI (weight(kg)/height2) | |||||
| <20 | 12 (6.8) | 10 (7.3) | 3 (2.4) | ||
| 20–25 | 79 (44.6) | 65 (47.6) | 58 (45.7) | ||
| >25 | 86 (48.6) | 62 (45.3) | 0.57 | 66 (52.0) | 0.17 |
| Parity | |||||
| 0 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 32 (25.0) | ||
| 1 | 15 (8.5) | 21 (15.3) | 21 (16.4) | ||
| 2+ | 162 (91.5) | 116 (84.7) | 0.06 | 75 (58.6) | <0.0001 |
| Current smoking | |||||
| No | 162 (91.5) | 110 (80.3) | 126 (97.7) | ||
| Yes | 15 (8.5) | 27 (19.7) | 0.004 | 3 (2.3) | <0.0001 |
UB = Ulaanbaatar.