Table 1.

Behavioural and clinical characteristics of the five dietary patterns among Inuit men (n 987) aged 18+ years, Greenland, 2005–2010

	Imported meat		Traditional food		Balanced diet		Unhealthy diet		Standard diet
	(n 76)		(n 293)		(n 18)		(n 272)		(n 328)
	Mean or %	sd	Mean or %	sd	Mean or %	sd	Mean or %	sd	Mean or %	sd	P value
Age (years)	43	11	51	13	48	16	40	15	46	14	<0·0001
Ethnicity (% fully Inuit)	68	–	94	–	68	–	81	–	84	–	<0·0001
Waist circumference (cm)	95	0·14	92	0·14	100	0·13	90	0·14	93	0·14	<0·0001
Physical activity (min/week)	850	2·78	1131	3·52	1067	5·08	1031	4·91	1203	2·53	0·4
Daily energy intake (kJ/d)	9684	0·36	9560	0·41	9507	0·25	9536	0·42	8914	0·43	0·06
Carbohydrate (E%)	39	–	37	–	41	–	53	–	48	–	<0·0001
Protein (E%)	22	–	25	–	27	–	17	–	19	–	<0·0001
Fat (E%)	39	–	38	–	32	–	30	–	33	–	<0·0001
Saturated fat (g/d)	38	14	29	13	29	13	27	11	28	12	<0·0001
n-3 Fatty acids (g/d)	5	6	13	8	9	8	6	4	5	3	<0·0001
Fibre (g/d)	20	8	17	7	25	6	17	8	23	10	<0·0001
Sugar (E%)	12	–	11	–	6	–	26	–	13	–	<0·0001
Current smokers (%)	63	–	67	–	44	–	68	–	64	–	0·3
Previous smokers (%)	20	–	21	–	33	–	19	–	22	–	0·6
Daily drinkers (%)	0	–	2	–	0	–	2	–	1	–	0·8
Weekly drinkers (%)	30	–	34	–	13	–	27	–	23	–	0·06
Monthly drinkers (%)	64	–	56	–	73	–	65	–	68	–	0·06
Family history of diabetes (%)	12	–	7	–	14	–	6	–	11	–	0·2
IFG (%)	5	–	24	–	28	–	14	–	12	–	<0·0001
IGT (%)	7	–	5	–	11	–	2	–	3	–	0·03
T2DM (%)	10	–	16	–	17	–	10	–	9	–	0·06

E%, energy percentage; IFG, impaired fasting glucose; IGT, impaired glucose tolerance; T2DM, type 2 diabetes mellitus.