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) | ||
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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%) |