Characteristics of migrants and non-migrants of migrant discordant pairs of the Finnish Twin Cohort Study. Data from questionnaire at baseline in 1975. Differences in proportions with 95% confidence intervals
| Men (n=246 pairs) | Women (n=324 pairs) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Migrants | Non-migrants | Difference | Migrants | Non-migrants | Difference | |||
| Characteristics | % | % | % | 95% CI | % | % | % | 95% CI |
| *Standing, walking, lifting or carrying or heavy manual work; †shortness of breath while walking uphill, up stairs or at fast pace on plain ground. | ||||||||
| Not married | 46 | 45 | 1 | −8 to 10 | 39 | 38 | 1 | −7 to 8 |
| Highest education elementary school | 1 | 1 | 0 | −2 to 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | −3 to 2 |
| Current unemployment | 7 | 5 | 2 | −2 to 6 | 4 | 5 | −1 | −4 to 2 |
| Blue collar worker | 67 | 60 | 7 | −2 to 16 | 50 | 42 | 8 | 0 to 16 |
| Physically heavy work* | 61 | 58 | 3 | −6 to 12 | 53 | 44 | 9 | 1 to 17 |
| Current smoker | 51 | 46 | 5 | −4 to 14 | 37 | 30 | 7 | 0 to 14 |
| Consumption of >10 g pure alcohol per day | 48 | 38 | 10 | 1 to 19 | 9 | 10 | −1 | −6 to 3 |
| Almost no exercise | 32 | 28 | 4 | −4 to 12 | 34 | 39 | −5 | −12 to 3 |
| Use of sedatives or sleep pills | 9 | 5 | 4 | −1 to 8 | 14 | 12 | 2 | −3 to 7 |
| Body mass index >25 | 21 | 22 | −1 | −9 to 6 | 14 | 13 | 1 | −4 to 7 |
| Work-disabeling back-neck- or shoulder pain | 48 | 44 | 4 | −5 to 13 | 37 | 45 | −8 | −16 to 0 |
| Angina pectoris | 3 | 3 | 0 | −4 to 3 | 2 | 4 | −2 | −5 to 1 |
| Physician diagnosed hypertension | 9 | 9 | 0 | −6 to 5 | 10 | 12 | −2 | −6 to 4 |
| Shortness of breath† | 26 | 24 | 2 | −6 to 9 | 43 | 43 | 0 | −8 to 7 |
| Bronchitis | 4 | 6 | −2 | −5 to 3 | 5 | 6 | −1 | −4 to 3 |