Table 1.
Characteristics of the sample of Sami and non-Sami Norwegian adults aged 40–69 years (n 4389*); SAMINOR 2 Clinical Survey (2012–2014)
| Men | Women | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sami (n 844*) | Non-Sami (n 1180*) | Total (n 2024*) | Sami (n 967*) | Non-Sami (n 1398*) | Total (n 2365*) | |||||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Age (years) | ||||||||||||
| 40–49 | 210 | 24·9 | 297 | 25·2 | 507 | 25·0 | 287 | 29·7 | 426 | 30·5 | 713 | 30·1 |
| 50–59 | 275 | 32·6 | 370 | 31·4 | 645 | 31·9 | 347 | 35·9 | 455 | 32·5 | 802 | 33·9 |
| 60–69 | 359 | 42·5 | 513 | 43·5 | 872 | 43·1 | 333 | 34·4 | 517 | 37·0 | 850 | 35·9 |
| χ 2(df), P value† | χ 2(2)=0·35, P=0·84 | χ 2(2)=3·03, P=0·22 | ||||||||||
| Education (years) | ||||||||||||
| <13 | 494 | 60·4 | 651 | 56·7 | 1145 | 58·2 | 404 | 43·7 | 646 | 47·7 | 1050 | 46·1 |
| ≥13 | 324 | 39·6 | 498 | 43·3 | 822 | 41·8 | 521 | 56·3 | 707 | 52·3 | 1228 | 53·9 |
| Missing | 26 | 31 | 57 | 42 | 45 | 87 | ||||||
| χ 2(df), P value† | χ 2(1)=2·74, P=0·10 | χ 2(1)=3·66, P=0·06 | ||||||||||
| BMI class | ||||||||||||
| Normal weight‡ | 169 | 20·0 | 215 | 18·2 | 384 | 19·0 | 273 | 28·2 | 502 | 35·9 | 775 | 32·8 |
| Overweight | 407 | 48·2 | 635 | 53·8 | 1042 | 51·5 | 390 | 40·3 | 550 | 39·3 | 940 | 39·7 |
| Obese class I | 214 | 25·4 | 250 | 21·2 | 464 | 22·9 | 209 | 21·6 | 258 | 18·5 | 467 | 19·7 |
| Obese class II | 54 | 6·4 | 80 | 6·8 | 134 | 6·6 | 95 | 9·8 | 88 | 6·3 | 183 | 7·7 |
| χ 2(df), P value†,‡ | χ 2(3)=7·67, P=0·05 | χ 2(3)=22·51, P<0·001 | ||||||||||
| Anxiety and depression (SCL-5 mean score) | ||||||||||||
| <2·0 | 717 | 87·9 | 1051 | 92·6 | 1768 | 90·6 | 778 | 84·7 | 1189 | 89·5 | 1967 | 87·6 |
| ≥2·0 | 99 | 12·1 | 84 | 7·4 | 183 | 9·4 | 140 | 15·3 | 139 | 10·5 | 279 | 12·4 |
| Missing | 28 | 45 | 73 | 49 | 70 | 119 | ||||||
| χ 2(df), P value† | χ 2(1)=12·50, P<0·001 | χ 2(1)=11·42, P=0·001 | ||||||||||
| Physical activity | ||||||||||||
| 1–2 | 88 | 10·7 | 94 | 8·1 | 182 | 9·2 | 90 | 9·5 | 85 | 6·2 | 175 | 7·6 |
| 3–4 | 237 | 28·8 | 328 | 28·1 | 565 | 28·4 | 242 | 25·4 | 282 | 20·7 | 524 | 22·7 |
| 5–6 | 279 | 33·9 | 409 | 35·1 | 688 | 34·6 | 324 | 34·1 | 491 | 36·1 | 815 | 35·3 |
| 7–8 | 168 | 20·4 | 283 | 24·3 | 451 | 22·7 | 238 | 25·0 | 404 | 29·7 | 642 | 27·8 |
| 9–10 | 51 | 6·2 | 52 | 4·5 | 103 | 5·2 | 57 | 6·0 | 99 | 7·3 | 156 | 6·7 |
| Missing | 21 | 14 | 35 | 16 | 37 | 53 | ||||||
| χ 2(df), P value† | χ 2(4)=9·90, P=0·04 | χ 2(4)=19·55, P=0·001 | ||||||||||
| Snacks§ | ||||||||||||
| <37·8 g/d | 782 | 92·7 | 1044 | 88·5 | 1826 | 90·2 | 880 | 91·0 | 1244 | 89·0 | 2124 | 89·8 |
| ≥37·8 g/d | 62 | 7·3 | 136 | 11·5 | 198 | 9·8 | 87 | 9·0 | 154 | 11·0 | 241 | 10·2 |
| χ 2(df), P value† | χ 2(1)=9·74, P=0·002 | χ 2(1)=2·55, P=0·11 | ||||||||||
SCL-5, five-item Hopkins Symptom Checklist.
*
Subgroups may not total to this number due to missing values.
†
Ethnic difference tested by Pearson’s χ 2 test.
‡
Due to few persons in the underweight category, these were combined with normal weight in the χ 2 tests.
§
Grams per day of dark chocolate, milk chocolate, sweets/candy, potato crisps, peanuts, other nuts, other salty snacks. Missing values are considered ‘no intake’.