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Table 5 Traditional and imported food intake (time(s) per month) of the ACCEPT follow-up population by age

From: Dietary habits among men and women in West Greenland: follow-up on the ACCEPT birth cohort

 

< 34.3 years (N = 88)

≥34.3 years (N = 89)

p-value

 

n (%)

Mean (SD)

Median (P25-P75)

n (%)

Mean (SD)

Median (P25-P75)

 

Traditional foods

  

13%a

  

14%a

 

Marine mammals

67 (76%)

9.23 (11.93)

6.0 (2.5–9.0)

59 (66%)

8.98 (8.89)

6.0 (3.0–11.0)

0.644

Seabirds

77 (88%)

0.89 (0.99)

0.5 (0.0–1.0)

76 (85%)

0.99 (1.17)

1.0 (0.5–1.5)

0.284

Greenlandic fish

78 (89%)

5.40 (5.47)

4.0 (2.5–6.0)

82 (92%)

6.70 (5.97)

5.0 (3.5–8.5)

0.012*

Shellfish

85 (97%)

2.59 (2.46)

2.0 (1.0–3.5)

85 (96%)

3.33 (4.04)

2.0 (1.5–4.0)

0.201

Dried fish

83 (94%)

3.54 (4.09)

2.5 (1.5–4.5)

85 (96%)

4.41 (7.22)

2.5 (1.5–5.0)

0.348

Terrestrial animals

79 (90%)

5.43 (6.97)

3.5 (2.0–5.8)

81 (91%)

6.19 (8.61)

3.5 (2.5–6.0)

0.544

Berries

81 (92%)

2.44 (4.57)

1.0 (0.5–2.5)

82 (92%)

1.75 (2.55)

1.0 (0.5–2.5)

0.876

Imported food

  

87%a

  

86%a

 

Meat products

83 (94%)

19.70 (9.50)

20.3 (10.3–27.5)

87 (98%)

17.63 (14.14)

13.4 (8.5–24.1)

0.032*

Carbohydrate foods

86 (98%)

35.90 (19.41)

39.0 (21.6–39.0)

87 (98%)

37.07 (24.82)

39.0 (21.6–39.0)

0.958

Sauce

87 (99%)

16.30 (11.10)

13.0 (4.3–30.4)

89 (100%)

16.71 (12.22)

13.0 (4.3–30.4)

0.963

Vegetables

88 (100%)

15.18 (12.29)

13.0 (4.3–30.4)

89 (100%)

17.06 (12.31)

13.0 (13.0–30.4)

0.227

Fruits

86 (98%)

17.51 (17.13)

14.0 (4.3–28.5)

86 (97%)

22.61 (17.60)

16.0 (7.5–33.4)

0.013*

Fast food

84 (96%)

6.35 (6.86)

4.5 (2.5–7.2)

87 (98%)

4.79 (5.18)

3.0 (1.5–6.0)

0.031*

Sweets and Snacks

85 (97%)

35.34 (26.20)

26.1 (15.0–52.6)

85 (96%)

32.26 (23.21)

29.0 (15.4–43.2)

0.578

  1. Differences between age groups were tested with a Mann Whitney U test. Bold p-values and * indicate significant difference (p ≤ 0.05). n (%): number of participants with information and percentages of the total number of participant in the group (N); SD: Standard Deviation; P25-P75: 25 percentile – 75 percentile; aThe overall percentages of median intake of the main food groups, traditional (x) or imported food (y), were calculated by summing the medians of the main food groups and then the sum was divided by the total median intake (x + y)