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Table 4 Traditional and imported food intake (time(s) per month) of ACCEPT follow-up population by living place

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

 

Nuuk (N = 119)

Other towns (N = 58)

p-value

 

n (%)

Mean (SD)

Median (P25-P75)

n (%)

Mean (SD)

Median (P25-P75)

 

Traditional foods

  

13%a

  

16%a

 

Marine mammals

89 (75%)

8.05 (9.71)

5.5 (2.5–8.0)

37 (64%)

11.67 (12.18)

8.0 (4.0–16.0)

0.102

Seabirds

103 (87%)

0.93 (1.16)

0.5 (0.5–1.0)

50 (86%)

0.96 (0.90)

1.0 (0.0–1.5)

0.489

Greenlandic fish

108 (91%)

6.46 (6.32)

4.5 (3.5–7.8)

52 (90%)

5.26 (4.28)

4.0 (3.0–6.3)

0.269

Shellfish

114 (96%)

2.84 (2.64)

2.0 (1.0–3.5)

56 (97%)

3.22 (4.50)

2.0 (1.0–3.5)

0.615

Dried fish

113 (95%)

4.16 (6.61)

2.5 (1.5–4.5)

55 (95%)

3.62 (4.04)

2.5 (1.5–5.0)

0.870

Terrestrial animals

107 (90%)

4.73 (5.48)

3.5 (2.0–5.0)

53 (91%)

7.99 (10.90)

4.0 (2.5–7.5)

0.036*

Berries

111 (93%)

2.05 (3.14)

1.0 (0.5–2.5)

52 (90%)

2.19 (4.72)

1.0 (0.5–2.5)

0.935

Imported food

  

87%a

  

84%a

 

Meat products

116 (98%)

18.48 (11.69)

17.0 (9.2–26.2)

54 (93%)

18.98 (13.08)

14.0 (8.3–29.0)

0.900

Carbohydrate foods

117 (98%)

34.92 (21.47)

35.4 (21.6–39.0)

56 (97%)

39.77 (23.62)

39.0 (27.8–46.1)

0.119

Sauce

118 (99%)

16.04 (11.48)

13.0 (4.3–30.4)

58 (100%)

17.46 (12.02)

13.0 (4.3–30.4)

0.529

Vegetables

119 (100%)

17.36 (11.89)

13.0 (13.0–30.4)

58 (100%)

13.59 (12.83)

13.0 (2.5–13.0)

0.013*

Fruits

118 (99%)

21.80 (17.12)

15.0 (5.8–32.4)

54 (93%)

16.25 (17.89)

13.0 (3.0–18.0)

0.011*

Fast food

117 (98%)

5.11 (4.54)

4.5 (2.0–6.3)

54 (93%)

6.51 (8.53)

3.5 (2.0–7.5)

0.973

Sweets and Snacks

115 (97%)

34.76 (22.87)

32.9 (15.0–50.9)

55 (95%)

31.80 (28.34)

24.0 (15.0–43.9)

0.153

  1. Differences between Nuuk and other towns (including Sisimiut, Ilulissat, Kangerlussuaq and Qaqortoq) 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)