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Table 6 Changes and correlations for food intake for mothers between inclusion and follow-up (3–5 years)

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

 

Individual difference (Follow-up – Inclusion)

Unadjusted pairwise spearman correlation

Adjusted pairwise spearman correlation

 

n (%)

Mean (SD)

Median

(P25-P75)

p-value

n

rs (95%CI)

p-value

n

rs (95%CI)

p-value

Traditional foods

 Marine mammals

68 (67%)

1.02 (11.0)

0.0 (−2.8–2.3)

0.800

68 (67%)

0.33 (0.10; 0.53)

0.006*

33 (32%)

0.31 (0.04; 0.59)

0.047*

 Seabirds

89 (87%)

−0.49 (2.0)

0.0 (−1.0–0.0)

0.001*

89 (87%)

0.37 (0.17; 0.53)

< 0.001*

44 (43%)

0.43 (0.15; 0.64)

0.003*

 Greenlandic fish

92 (90%)

−0.13 (7.2)

0.0 (−3.1–1.5)

0.368

92 (90%)

0.40 (0.21; 0.56)

< 0.001*

43 (42%)

0.33 (0.03; 0.57)

0.023*

 Shellfish

96 (94%)

−0.02 (2.5)

0.0 (−1.3–1.0)

0.492

96 (94%)

0.50 (0.33; 0.64)

< 0.001*

46 (45%)

0.53 (0.28; 0.71)

< 0.001*

 Dried fish

95 (93%)

−0.70 (11.6)

0.0 (−2.0–1.0)

0.386

95 (93%)

0.37 (0.18; 0.53)

< 0.001*

47 (46%)

0.39 (0.12; 0.61)

0.006*

 Terrestrial animals

94 (92%)

−0.31 (5.2)

−0.4 (−1.5–1.0)

0.211

94 (92%)

0.52 (0.36; 0.65)

< 0.001*

46 (45%)

0.52 (0.26; 0.70)

< 0.001*

 Berries

92 (90%)

0.90 (4.7)

0.0 (−0.5–1.0)

0.139

92 (90%)

0.27 (0.06; 0.45)

0.011*

45 (44%)

0.22 (−0.08; 0.48)

0.137

Imported food

 Meat products

95 (93%)

4.23 (17.3)

2.5 (−3.6–13.0)

0.011*

95 (93%)

0.06 (−0.15; 0.25)

0.598

46 (45%)

0.04 (−0.26; 0.32)

0.813

 Carbohydrate foods

98 (96%)

−2.56 (28.6)

0.0 (−17.4–10.5)

0.343

98 (96%)

0.24 (0.04; 0.42)

0.017*

49 (48%)

0.26 (−0.03; 0.50)

0.078

 Sauce

101 (99%)

−0.57 (11.3)

0.0 (−8.7–1.8)

0.676

101 (99%)

0.46 (0.29; 0.60)

< 0.001*

49 (48%)

0.46 (0.21; 0.66)

0.001*

 Vegetables

102 (100%)

0.34 (13.8)

0.0 (0.0–10.5)

0.812

102 (100%)

0.35 (0.17; 0.51)

< 0.001*

50 (49%)

0.39 (0.13; 0.66)

0.006*

 Fruits

99 (97%)

−4.82 (18.9)

−1.5 (−17.4–4.0)

0.007*

99 (97%)

0.43 (0.26; 0.58)

< 0.001*

47 (46%)

0.46 (0.20; 0.66)

0.001*

 Fast food

97 (95%)

−0.29 (6.9)

0.0 (−2.0–1.5)

0.486

97 (95%)

0.38 (0.20; 0.54)

< 0.001*

47 (46%)

0.43 (0.16; 0.64)

0.002*

 Sweets and Snacks

94 (92%)

0.89 (26.6)

2.5 (−15.6–15.6)

0.536

94 (92%)

0.36 (0.17; 0.53)

< 0.001*

46 (45%)

0.35 (0.07; 0.58)

0.014*

  1. The analyses were conducted on mothers only. The individual differences were calculated by subtraction of the reported intake from inclusion from the reported intake at follow-up, thus a differences of zero (0) reflect equal intake at inclusion and follow-up, negative values reflect higher intake at inclusion, and positive value reflect higher intake at follow-up. Mean (SD) and median (P25-P75) difference in food intake is given as time(s)/month. The individual differences were tested with a Wilcoxon Signed Rank test, with median equals 0. Bold p-value and * indicate significant difference (p < 0.05). Spearman correlations between intake of traditional and imported food groups (time(s) per months) at inclusion and follow-up (3–5 years). Adjusted correlations is adjusted for time from inclusion to follow-up, change in education level, change in household income, change in BMI, and change in parity. 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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