Table 4 Dietary patterns and cost of commodity basket by food security. Greenland Population Health Survey 2018. Population in towns. N = 1886. Adjusted for age, sex and social position in univariate general linear models and ratios between adjusted values for food insecure and food secure participants with 95% confidence intervals (CI)

%

%

Ratio food insecure: food secure

95% CI

%

%

Ratio food insecure: food secure

95% CI

 Balanced diet

9.4

6.6

0.70

0.24–1.19

9.1

8.8

0.97

0.48–1.49

 Kalaalimernit

5.4

3.7

0.69

0.07–1.35

5.4

3.8

0.70

0.09–1.37

 Imported meat

5.4

3.0

0.56

−0.06-1.21

5.3

3.3

0.62

−0.01-1.30

 Unhealthy

32.0

42.7

1.33

1.11–1.57

32.3

39.5

1.22

1.00–1.46

 Standard diet

47.9

44.0

0.92

0.76–1.08

47.8

44.5

0.93

0.77–1.10

Specific food groups

g/day

g/day

g/day

g/day

 Kalaalimernit (marine mammals, birds)

72.9

57.3

0.79

0.64–0.93

72.7

59.9

0.82

0.68–0.97

 Kalaalimernit (fish)

55.5

54.1

0.97

0–78-1.18

55.4

55.7

1.01

0.81–1.21

 Fruit

171.3

89.1

0.52

0.35–0.70

168.8

114.2

0.68

0.50–0.86

 Vegetables

122.1

82.5

0.68

0.54–0.82

120.7

96.1

0.80

0.65–0.94

Weekly expenditure on commodity basket^b

DKK

DKK

DKK

DKK

 Nutritious food items

360

323

0.90

0.83–0.96

358

341

0.95

0.88–1.02

 Non-nutritious items^a

159

179

1.12

1.00–1.25

160

175

1.10

0.97–1.23

 Food total

519

501

0.96

0.90–1.02

518

515

1.00

0.93–1.06

 Alcoholic beverages

124

233

1.88

1.59–2.20

126

210

1.66

1.38–1.97

 Tobacco

127

186

1.46

1.27–1.66

129

167

1.29

1.10–1.49

 Total expenditure

770

920

1.19

1.12–1.27

773

893

1.15

1.08–1.23

Energy in daily diet

kJ

kJ

kJ

kJ

 Nutritious food items

5700

5778

1.01

0.96–1.07

5692

5859

1.03

0.97–1.09

 Non-nutritious items^a

2105

2541

1.21

1.09–1.33

2115

2443

1.16

1.04–1.28

 Food total

7805

8319

1.07

1.01–1.12

7807

8302

1.06

1.01–1.12

 Estimated energy requirement

10,434

9170

0.88

0.85–0.91

10,396

9542

0.92

0.89–0.94

 Energy density (kJ/g)

5.3

5.9

1.11

1.07–1.15

5.3

5.8

1.08

1.04–1.12

Cost per 1000 kJ (excl. Coffee and tea)

DKK

DKK

DKK

DKK

 Nutritious food items

9.05

8.10

0.90

0.86–0.93

9.02

8.44

0.94

0.90–0.97

 Non-nutritious items^a

8.50

7.35

0.86

0.80–0.93

8.48

7.60

0.90

0.83–0.96

 Food total

9.00

7.98

0.89

0.86–0.92

8.96

8.31

0.93

0.90–0.96

 Body mass index (kg/m2)

27.5

24.1

0.88

0.84–0.91

27.4

24.9

0.91

0.88–0.94

 Obesity (BMI 30+) (%)

29.6

13.1

0.44

0.22–0.67

29.1

18.2

0.63

0.39–0.87