Table 3.

Distributions of seafood consumption in the ACE project (n = 195)

Characteristic	Overall N = 195	ACE 1 N = 96	ACE 2 N = 99	p -value a
	Mean ± SD (number of meals)
Past 30 day total seafood	11.2 ± 8.8	12.7 ± 9.5	9.7 ± 7.9	0.02
Missing, n (%)	6 (3.1%)	4 (4.2%)	2 (2.0%)
Past 30 day total fish	7.5 ± 7.050	8.6 ± 7.6	6.4 ± 6.2	0.04
Past 30 day bought fish	7.1 ± 6.3	8.1 ± 6.7	6.1 ± 5.7	0.02
Past 30 day caught fish	0.4 ± 2.0	0.5 ± 2.2	0.4 ± 1.7	0.76
Past 30 day bought shellfish	3.6 ± 3.7	4.0 ± 3.7	3.1 ± 3.5	0.08
Missing, n (%)	3 (1.5%)	1 (1.0%)	2 (2.0%)
	N (%)
Past Year Caught Fish
No	132 (68%)	70 (73%)	62 (63%)	0.13
Yes	63 (32%)	26 (27%)	37 (37%)
Past Year Frequency of Caught Fish
≥3/week	8 (4.1%)	1 (1.0%)	7 (7.1%)	0.04
1–2/week	22 (11%)	7 (7.3%)	15 (15%)
1–3/month	33 (17%)	18 (19%)	15 (15%)
Less than 1/month	132 (68%)	70 (73%)	62 (63%)
Fish paste, fish cake, or fish balls
No	29 (15%)	10 (10%)	19 (19%)	0.11
Yes	165 (85%)	85 (89%)	80 (81%)
Missing	1 (0.5%)	1 (1.0%)	0 (0%)
Shrimp or crab sauce
No	41 (21%)	26 (27%)	15 (15%)	0.03
Yes	149 (76%)	66 (69%)	83 (84%)
Missing	5 (2.6%)	4 (4.2%)	1 (1.0%)
Any Fish Part b	–	–		–
No			16 (16%)
Yes			83 (84%)
Fish organs b	–	–		–
No			86 (87%)
Yes			13 (13%)
Fish head b	–	–		–
No			36 (36%)
Yes			63 (64%)
Fish skin b	–	–		–
No			24 (24%)
Yes			75 (76%)
Fish eyes b	–	–		–
No			64 (65%)
Yes			34 (34%)
Missing			1 (1.0%)

ACE Asian/Pacific Islander Community Exposures

^a p-values testing for differences between ACE 1 and ACE 2 groups using t-tests for continuous variables and Fisher’s exact test for categorical variables

^b Information collected in ACE 2 only