Table 4.

Associations between frequency of country food and market foods and serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) concentrations among Nunavimmiut (Inuit living in Nunavik, Québec, Canada; n 1,155) participants in the Q2017 Health Survey

Frequency of consumption of food item (approximate times per month, on average)*	Beta coefficient, partially adjusted**	95 % CI	P value	Beta coefficient, fully adjusted*†	95 % CI	P value
Country foods
Wild fish†	0·15	0·04, 0·25	0·005	0·17	0·06, 0·28	0·003
Marine mammals‡	0·04	–0·007, 0·09	0·095	0·007	–0·06, 0·08	0·84
Shellfish§	0·25	–0·04, 0·54	0·092	0·19	–0·91, 0·47	0·19
Land mammals||	0·047	–0·001, 0·09	0·056	0·006	–0·06, 0·07	0·90
Wild birds¶	0·07	–0·04, 0·18	0·19	−0·004	–0·15, 0·14	0·95
Wild berries	0·07	–0·02, 0·15	0·13	0·016	–0·09, 0·12	0·77
Market foods
Store-bought meats and eggs	−0·05	–0·10, 0·008	0·10	−0·05	–0·09, 0·12	0·18
Canned fish	−0·14	–0·50, 0·21	0·43	−0·16	–0·11, 0·02	0·40
Milk products	−0·009	–0·03, 0·03	0·96	0·013	–0·03, 0·06	0·57
Fruits and fruit juices	−0·05	–0·096, –0·012	0·012	−0·05	–0·11, 0·01	0·13
Vegetables	−0·03	–0·08, 0·008	0·12	−0·03	–0·09, 0·03	0·34

25(OH)D, 25 hydroxyvitamin D; Q2017 Health Survey, Qanuilirpitaa? 2017 Inuit Health Survey.

^*In the 3 months prior to the survey.

^†Includes dried fish, lake trout, brook or sea trout, salmon, Arctic char, pike or walleye and ‘other’ fish (e.g. Lake whitefish and sculpin).

^‡Includes beluga, seal and walrus products.

^§Includes mussels, scallops, clams and urchins.

^||Inclides caribou, polar bear and muskox.

^¶Includes ptarmigan, partridge and goose.

^**Adjusted for age (years), sex, community latitude and month of data collection.

^*†Adjusted for age (years), sex, community latitude, month of data collection and frequency of consumption of all food items.