Table 4.

Exploratory investigation of the dietary factors associated with nutrition marker levels.

Dietary Factors	n	Mean (min-max)	%	Significant markers at p < 0.05 a,b
Consumption of wild fish in the last yearc	52		Yes = 96.2	Albumin (p = 0.030)
			No = 3.8
Average Frequency per week	50	1.0 (0.1–4.0)		FMN (p = 0.004), PL (p = 0.012)
Average Serving per week	50	1.6 (0.5–3.0)		FA (p = 0.012), B1 (p = 0.011)
Consumption of wild land animals in the last yearc	52		Yes = 98.1	Albumin (p = 0.020)
			No = 1.9
Average Frequency per week	32	10.4 (0.5–29)		Retinol (p = 0.003), PA (p = 0.006), 25 HydroxyD3 (p = 0.049)
Average Serving per week	51	1.8 (0.5–3.0)		B1 (p = 0.032)
Consumption of wild birds in the last yearc	52		Yes = 75.0	Albumin (p = 0.018)
			No = 25.0
Average Frequency per week	38	3.4 (0.5–10.5)		Alpha-tocopherol (p = 0.009)
Average Serving per week	39	1.7 (0.5–3.0)
Consumption of wild plants and berries in the last yearc	52		Yes = 50.0	Retinol (p = 0.031), Albumin (p = 0.038)
			No = 50.0
Consumption of any country food in the previous 24 hd	37		Yes = 40.5	Retinol (p = 0.010), PA (p = 0.031)
			No = 59.5
Calories from country food in the previous 24 h (%)d	37	5.9 (0.0–29.7)		Retinol (p = 0.017), PLP (p = 0.049), PA (p = 0.033)
Overall dietd
Calories in the previous 24 h	37	2167 (376–4891)		PLP (p = 0.002), albumin (p = 0.010)
Servings of milk and dairy in the previous 24 h	37	1.1 (0.0–3.6)		B12 (p = 0.032),
Servings of meat and alternatives in the previous 24 h	37	3.9 (0.6–8.2)		PLP (p = 0.010)
Servings of vegetables and fruit in the previous 24 h	37	2.9 (0.0–15.8)		FA (p = 0.031)
Servings of grains products in the previous 24 h	37	5.9 (5.0–22.5)		PLP (0 = 0.022), albumin (p = 0.021)

^aStatistical test for categorical variables tested by Kruskal-Wallis test

^bStatistical test for continuous variables tested by Spearman correlation test

^cFrom the food frequency questionnaire, used in the biomonitoring project [11].

^dFrom the 24 h dietary recall survey, used in the biomonitoring project [11].