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Table 3 Parent differences and correlations between parents for traditional and imported food intake (time(s) per month)

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

 

Parent difference (Mother - Father)

Unadjusted pairwise spearman correlation between parents

Adjusted pairwise spearman correlation between parents

 

n (%)

Mean (SD)

Median

(P25-P75)

p-value

n

rs (95%CI)

p-value

n

rs (95%CI)

p-value

Traditional foods

 Marine mammals

40 (55%)

−0.14 (10.16)

0.0 (−4.0–1.5)

0.254

40 (55%)

0.51 (0.22; 0.72)

0.001*

38 (52%)

0.48 (0.17; 0.70)

0.005*

 Seabirds

57 (78%)

− 0.23 (1.00)

0.0 (− 0.5–0.0)

0.061

57 (78%)

0.29 (0.02; 0.51)

0.031*

55 (75%)

0.26 (−0.01; 0.50)

0.062

 Greenlandic fish

60 (82%)

0.11 (6.27)

0.0 (−2–1.25)

0.591

60 (82%)

0.48 (0.24; 0.66)

< 0.001*

57 (78%)

0.47 (0.22; 0.66)

< 0.001*

 Shellfish

67 (92%)

−0.77 (5.13)

0.0 (−1.5–0.5)

0.179

67 (92%)

0.31 (0.07; 0.51)

0.011*

64 (88%)

0.30 (0.05; 0.51)

0.019*

 Dried fish

65 (89%)

0.47 (4.80)

0.0 (− 1.0–1.0)

0.686

65 (89%)

0.43 (0.20; 0.62)

< 0.001*

62 (85%)

0.43 (0.19; 0.62)

0.001*

 Terrestrial animals

60 (82%)

−2.44 (9.82)

0.0 (−1.5–1.0)

0.135

60 (82%)

0.53 (0.30; 0.70)

< 0.001*

57 (78%)

0.54 (0.31; 0.71)

< 0.001*

 Berries

63 (86%)

1.07 (4.96)

0.0 (0.0–0.5)

0.052

63 (86%)

0.53 (0.31; 0.70)

< 0.001*

60 (82%)

0.50 (0.27; 0.68)

< 0.001*

Imported food

 Meat products

67 (92%)

0.69 (12.44)

0.0 (−4.6–6.9)

0.505

67 (92%)

0.37 (0.14; 0.57)

0.002*

64 (88%)

0.41 (0.17; 0.60)

0.001*

 Carbohydrate foods

71 (97%)

−0.42 (22.00)

0.0 (−2.0–8.7)

0.678

71 (97%)

0.44 (0.22; 0.62)

< 0.001*

68 (93%)

0.44 (0.22; 0.62)

< 0.001*

 Sauce

72 (99%)

−1.53 (13.00)

0.0 (−6.0–0.9)

0.240

72 (99%)

0.35 (0.12; 0.54)

0.003*

69 (95%)

0.29 (0.05; 0.50)

0.020*

 Vegetables

73 (100%)

6.01 (14.69)

3.3 (0.0–17.4)

0.001*

73 (100%)

0.35 (0.12; 0.54)

0.003*

70 (96%)

0.29 (0.05; 0.49)

0.019*

 Fruits

69 (95%)

10.51 (18.45)

10.2 (0.0–17.9)

< 0.001*

69 (95%)

0.36 (0.12; 0.55)

0.003*

66 (90%)

0.20 (−0.04; 0.43)

0.112

 Fast food

68 (93%)

−2.53 (7.58)

−0.8 (−3.0–0.0)

< 0.001*

68 (93%)

0.42 (0.20; 0.61)

< 0.001*

65 (89%)

0.39 (0.15; 0.58)

0.002*

 Sweets and Snacks

66 (90%)

0.64 (31.20)

0.4 (−11.4–14.5)

0.538

66 (90%)

0.28 (0.04; 0.49)

0.022*

63 (86%)

0.23 (−0.02; 0.45)

0.079

  1. Number of parents living together and included in the analyses = 73. The parent differences were calculated by subtraction of the reported intake of the father from the reported intake of the mother, thus a difference of zero (0) reflect equal intake for the mother and father, negative values reflect higher intake for the father, and positive value reflect higher intake for the mother. The parent differences were tested with a Wilcoxon Signed Rank test, with median equals 0. Spearman correlations between parents intake (time(s) per months), are presented, raw and with adjustment for age differences, household income, and percentage for life in Greenland for both mother and father, highest education for both mother and father. 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; rs (95%CI): Spearman correlation coefficient with 95% confidence interval
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