Table 2.

Behavioural and clinical characteristics of the five dietary patterns among Inuit women (n 1387) aged 18+ years, Greenland, 2005–2010

	Imported meat		Traditional food		Balanced diet		Unhealthy diet		Standard diet
	(n 120)		(n 308)		(n 108)		(n 380)		(n 471)
	Mean or %	sd	Mean or %	sd	Mean or %	sd	Mean or %	sd	Mean or %	sd	P value
Age (years)	39	12	49	14	49	12	40	14	44	15	<0·0001
Ethnicity (% fully Inuit)	82	–	93	–	85	–	86	–	88	–	0·02
Waist circumference (cm)	90	0·13	91	0·17	96	0·14	89	0·16	89	0·15	<0·0001
Physical activity (min/week)	1187	2·68	1187	3·27	1510	1·96	1155	2·59	1180	2·89	0·3
Daily energy intake (kJ/d)	7869	0·37	7779	0·49	7358	0·44	7855	0·43	6967	0·45	<0·0001
Carbohydrate (E%)	39	–	38	–	45	–	54	–	50	–	<0·0001
Protein (E%)	22	–	26	–	24	–	17	–	19	–	<0·0001
Fat (E%)	39	–	36	–	31	–	29	–	31	–	<0·0001
Saturated fat (g/d)	31	11	25	13	22	11	23	11	21	9	<0·0001
n-3 Fatty acids (g/d)	7	6	11	9	7	6	5	5	4	3	<0·0001
Fibre (g/d)	18	7	15	7	26	11	15	7	20	8	<0·0001
Sugar (E%)	11	–	11	–	5	–	27	–	12	–	<0·0001
Current smokers (%)	75	–	70	–	52	–	77	–	65	–	<0·0001
Previous smokers (%)	14	–	20	–	29	–	15	–	22	–	0·004
Daily drinkers (%)	1	–	1	–	1	–	1	–	1	–	1·0
Weekly drinkers (%)	16	–	21	–	16	–	19	–	18	–	0·8
Monthly drinkers (%)	81	–	66	–	66	–	70	–	72	–	0·05
Family history of diabetes (%)	8	–	13	–	18	–	12	–	12	–	0·2
IFG (%)	7	–	17	–	13	–	8	–	11	–	<0·001
IGT (%)	4	–	6	–	7	–	6	–	9	–	0·1
T2DM (%)	2	–	14	–	12	–	8	–	10	–	0·005

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