Table 2.

Characteristics of the annual food consumption distribution for twenty-two foods included in the factor analysis: Yup'ik people (n 358) aged ≥18 years, south-west Alaska, USA, September 2009–2011

	Untransformed values					Natural log-transformed values
Foods	Mean	Median	sd	Skewness	Kurtosis	Mean	Median	sd	Skewness	Kurtosis
Salty snacks	55·38	30·00	88·85	3·01	12·32	1·63	3·40	3·71	−0·95	−0·77
Sweetened cereals	51·04	12·00	96·40	3·37	15·33	0·40	2·48	4·21	−0·26	−1·75
Pizza	31·22	12·00	72·56	6·04	49·40	0·05	2·48	4·02	−0·22	−1·80
Sweetened drinks	229·75	78·27	389·52	2·43	6·17	2·25	4·36	4·43	−0·76	−1·12
Hot dogs and lunch meat	29·91	12·00	62·12	5·86	50·79	0·40	2·48	3·92	−0·43	−1·67
Fried chicken	22·83	12·00	36·94	3·82	18·94	0·59	2·48	3·72	−0·62	−1·48
Canned tuna	8·69	0·01	28·03	7·79	81·93	−2·53	−4·61	3·43	1·09	−0·74
Fresh citrus	31·84	12·00	64·61	5·61	44·87	0·90	2·48	3·72	−0·72	−1·28
Potato salad	11·40	0·01	33·07	6·26	44·90	−1·75	−4·61	3·70	0·56	−1·60
Citrus juice	67·44	24·00	170·07	3·99	16·46	−0·06	3·18	4·40	0·01	−1·84
Corn	56·14	30·00	89·94	3·67	19·08	2·08	3·40	3·39	−1·29	0·12
Green beans	42·32	12·00	70·31	2·76	8·25	1·08	2·48	3·83	−0·70	−1·27
Green salad	8·88	0·01	27·55	6·17	45·96	−2·44	−4·61	3·46	1·01	−0·89
Pudding and jello	10·82	0·01	23·31	6·58	64·21	−1·30	−4·61	3·76	0·29	−1·86
Dried salmon	116·93	52·18	128·64	1·72	4·30	3·26	3·95	3·13	−1·82	2·09
Wild game soup*	89·48	41·09	106·76	2·48	9·88	3·39	3·68	2·36	−2·13	4·84
Pancakes	59·64	30·00	107·94	4·03	19·90	2·11	3·40	3·36	−1·31	0·23
Market berries in akutaq	19·44	0·01	54·45	7·95	87·67	−1·01	−4·61	3·94	0·23	−1·84
Seal or walrus soup*	23·86	12·00	40·49	3·49	15·06	0·60	2·48	3·66	−0·62	−1·40
Non-oily fish (not dried)*	20·63	3·96	42·45	4·38	24·88	−0·32	1·38	3·87	−0·12	−1·83
Wild greens*	10·03	0·01	30·64	7·48	71·68	−1·71	−4·61	3·54	0·51	−1·55
Bird soup*	40·96	30·00	51·53	2·81	9·93	2·47	3·40	2·70	−1·94	2·65

Values represent the annual frequency of consumption.

*Seasonal food items.