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Table 1 Characteristics of the ACCEPT follow-up study population

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

  

Mothers (N = 101)

Fathers (N = 76)

p-valuea

All (N = 177)

Age (years)

 

Mean (SD)

33.8 (4.8)

37.2 (7.5)

0.005b*

35.3 (6.3)

 

Median (P25–P75)

34.0 (29.8–37.3)

36.7 (30.8–42.2)

 

34.3 (30.3–39.2)

 

Missing n (%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

 

0 (0%)

Current living town

 Nuuk

n (%)

69 (68.3%)

50 (65.8%)

0.723c

119 (67.2%)

 Other townsd

n (%)

32 (31.7%)

26 (34.2%)

 

58 (32.8%)

 

Missing n (%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

 

0 (0%)

Percentage of life lived in Greenland (%)

Mean (SD)

95.0 (6.8)

89.7 (20.1)

0.503b

92.7 (14.3)

 

Median (P25–P75)

97.5 (93.6–99.2)

97.8 (91.1–98.8)

 

97.5 (93.5–99.0)

 

Missing n (%)

1 (1%)

1 (1%)

 

2 (1%)

Region lived longest

 Disko bay

n (%)

25 (26.6%)

13 (18.6%)

< 0.001c*

38 (23.2%)

 West

n (%)

69 (73.4%)

44 (62.9%)

 

113 (68.9%)

 Other region in Greenlande

n (%)

0 (0.0%)

8 (11.4%)

 

8 (4.9%)

 Outside Greenland

n (%)

0 (0.0%)

5 (7.1%)

 

5 (3.0%)

 

Missing n (%)

7 (7%)

6 (8%)

 

13 (7%)

Ethnic background

 Inuit (both parents born in Greenland)

n (%)

79 (79.8%)

61 (80.3%)

0.021c*

140 (80.0%)

 Partly-Inuit (one parent born in Greenland)

n (%)

20 (20.2%)

10 (13.2%)

 

30 (17.1%)

 Non-Inuit (no parents born in Greenland)

n (%)

0 (0.0%)

5 (6.6%)

 

5 (2.9%)

 

Missing n (%)

2 (2%)

0 (0%)

 

2 (1%)

BMI (kg/m2)

 

Mean (SD)

28.1 (5.3)

29.3 (4.9)

0.050b*

28.6 (5.1)

 

Median (P25–P75)

26.4 (24.6–30.8)

28.6 (26.1–32.3)

 

27.8 (25.3–31.6)

 

Missing n (%)

21 (21%)

12 (16%)

 

33 (19%)

 Underweight (< 18.5)

n (%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0.203c

0 (0.0%)

 Normal (18.5–24.9)

n (%)

22 (27.5%)

12 (18.8%)

 

24 (23.6%)

 Overweight (25.0–29.9)

n (%)

35 (43.8%)

25 (39.1%)

 

60 (41.7%)

 Obese (> 30.0)

n (%)

23 (28.7%)

27 (42.2%)

 

50 (34.7%)

Performing physical activities/sports

 Yes

n (%)

43 (43.0%)

26 (34.2%)

0.276c

69 (39.2%)

 No

n (%)

57 (57.0%)

50 (65.8%)

 

107 (60.8%)

 

Missing n (%)

1 (1%)

0 (0%)

 

1 (1%)

Highest education levelf

 Primary school

n (%)

21 (21.2%)

16 (21.3%)

0.006c*

37 (21.3%)

 High School

n (%)

8 (8.1%)

6 (8.0%)

 

14 (8.0%)

 Technical college

n (%)

32 (32.3%)

41 (54.7%)

 

73 (42.0%)

 University

n (%)

38 (38.4%)

12 (16.0%)

 

50 (28.7%)

 

Missing n (%)

2 (2%)

1 (1%)

 

3 (2%)

Personal income per year

 Under 100.000 DKK

n (%)

15 (15.2%)

5 (6.8%)

0.014c*

20 (11.6%)

 100.000–250.000 DKK

n (%)

20 (20.2%)

10 (13.5%)

 

30 (17.3%)

 Over 250.000 DKK

n (%)

52 (52.5%)

56 (75.7%)

 

108 (62.4%)

 Don’t know

n (%)

12 (12.1%)

3 (4.1%)

 

15 (8.7%)

 

Missing n (%)

3 (3%)

1 (1%)

 

4 (2%)

Household income per year

 Under 100.000 DKK

n (%)

2 (2.0%)

2 (2.7%)

0.311c

4 (2.3%)

 100.000–250.000 DKK

n (%)

9 (9.2%)

5 (6.7%)

 

14 (8.1%)

 Over 250.000 DKK

n (%)

76 (77.6%)

65 (86.7%)

 

141 (81.5%)

 Don’t know

n (%)

11 (11.2%)

3 (4.0%)

 

14 (8.1%)

 

Missing n (%)

3 (3%)

1 (1%)

 

4 (2%)

Current alcohol consumption

 0 drinks/week

n (%)

34 (55.7%)

38 (53.5%)

0.298c

72 (54.5%)

 1–7 drinks/week

n (%)

22 (36.1%)

20 (28.2%)

 

42 (31.8%)

  ≥ 8 drinks/week

n (%)

3 (4.9%)

5 (7.0%)

 

8 (6.1%)

 Don’t know

n (%)

2 (3.3%)

8 (11.3%)

 

10 (7.6%)

 

Missing n (%)

40 (40%)

5 (7%)

 

45 (25%)

Smoking history

 Never smoker

n (%)

49 (48.5%)

37 (48.7%)

0.507c

86 (48.6%)

 Previous smoker

n (%)

33 (32.7%)

20 (26.3%)

 

53 (29.9%)

 Current smoker

n (%)

19 (18.8%)

19 (25.0%)

 

38 (21.5%)

 

Missing n (%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

 

0 (0%)

Hash use ever

 Have used smoked/consumed hash

n (%)

42 (42.0%)

45 (60.0%)

0.050c*

87 (49.7%)

 Never used smoked/consumed hash

n (%)

56 (56.0%)

28 (37.3%)

 

84 (48.0%)

 Don’t know

n (%)

2 (2.0%)

2 (2.7%)

 

4 (2.3%)

 

Missing n (%)

1 (1%)

1 (1%)

 

2 (1%)

Drug use ever

 Have taken other drugs

n (%)

3 (3.1%)

17 (23.3%)

< 0.001c*

20 (11.8%)

 Never taken other drugs

n (%)

92 (95.8%)

55 (75.3%)

 

147 (87.0%)

 Don’t know

n (%)

1 (1.0%)

1 (1.4%)

 

2 (1.2%)

 

Missing n (%)

5 (5%)

3 (4%)

 

8 (5%)

Number of children

 

Mean (SD)

2.4 (1.1)

2.5 (1.2)

0.880b

2.4 (1.1)

 

Median (P25–P75)

2.0 (2.0–3.0)

2.0 (2.0–3.0)

 

2.0 (2.0–3.0)

 

Missing n (%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

 

0 (0%)

 1

n (%)

19 (18.8%)

12 (15.8%)

0.365c

31 (17.5%)

 2–3

n (%)

69 (68.3%)

55 (72.4%)

 

124 (70.1%)

 4 or more

n (%)

13 (12.9%)

9 (11.8%)

 

22 (12.4%)

  1. a: P-value for statistical test between mothers and fathers; b: Mann-Whitney test; c: Chi-square test; d: Other towns include Sisimiut (20 mothers/ 16 fathers), Ilulissat (11 mothers/ 8 fathers), Kangerlussuaq (1 mothers/ 1 fathers) and Qaqortoq (1 father); e: Other region in Greenland include North, South and East; f: Educational level was interpreted from personal description for 7 participants. Bold p-values and * indicate significant difference (p ≤ 0.05)