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## Purpose: While the existence of a healthy migrant effect remains controversial, overweight and obesity are considered a global pandemic. migrants seem to be affected more often, however most of the few existing studies did not differentiate a first-generation from a second-generation migration background and/or did not control common socio-demographic confounders. this study aims at examining the influence of first- and second-generation migration on body mass index (bmi) and obesity in germany. ## Subjects and methods: We conducted a controlled observational study based on a survey of n = 64,089 participants of the german socio-economic-panel. missing values were multivariate imputed via chained equations (mice). the influence of migration on bmi and obesity was assessed by comparing first-generation, second-generation and non-migrants to each other. pairwise statistical testing was done by t tests and fisher's exact tests. for the multivariate analysis, ols and logistic regression models and its coefficients (beta, odds ratio) were used. targeting multiple testing, holm-correction was utilized. ## Results: Within the bivariate analysis, all three group-specific mean bmi-values

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Author

Pia Jäger; Katharina Beyer; Kevin Claassen

Publisher

Elsevier BV

Published

2022

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)