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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Feb 28.
Published in final edited form as: Br J Nutr. 2015 Feb 6;113(4):634–643. doi: 10.1017/S0007114514003596

TABLE 2.

Mean, median, 25th percentile (%tile), and 75th percentile (%tile) of the untransformed and natural log transformed annual frequency of consumption for each of the 18 foods included in the confirmatory factor analysis (n=272), Yup’ik study participants, September 2009 – May 2013

Foods Untransformed values
Natural log transformed values
Mean Median 25th %tile 75th %tile Mean Median 25th %tile 75th %tile
Processed foods
 Salty snacks 60.52 30.00 12.00 104.35 1.88 3.40 2.48 4.65
 Sweetened cereals 46.92 12.00 0.00 52.18 0.51 2.48 −4.61 3.95
 Pizza 29.13 12.00 0.00 30.00 0.50 2.48 −4.61 3.40
 Sweetened drinks 257.68 78.27 24.00 365.00 3.23 4.36 3.18 5.90
 Hot dogs and lunch meat 36.66 12.00 0.00 30.00 1.31 2.48 −4.61 3.40
 Fried chicken 21.29 12.00 0.00 30.00 0.47 2.48 −4.61 3.40
 Canned tuna 10.00 0.00 0.00 12.00 −1.81 −4.61 −4.61 2.48
Fruits and vegetables
 Fresh citrus 35.02 12.00 0.00 30.00 1.35 2.48 −4.61 3.40
 Potato salad 13.01 0.00 0.00 12.00 −1.06 −4.61 −4.61 2.48
 Citrus juice 61.36 24.00 0.00 78.27 0.31 3.18 −4.61 4.36
 Corn 67.11 30.00 12.00 104.35 2.48 3.40 2.48 4.65
 Green beans 45.23 30.00 0.00 52.18 1.46 3.40 −4.61 3.95
 Green salad 13.12 0.00 0.00 12.00 −2.00 −4.61 −4.61 2.48
 Market berries in akutaq 18.64 12.00 0.00 12.00 −0.54 2.48 −4.61 2.48
Subsistence foods
 Seal or walrus soup 25.56 12.00 0.00 30.00 0.98 2.48 −4.61 3.40
 Non-oily fish (not dried) 19.38 3.96 0.00 14.61 −0.13 1.38 −4.61 2.67
 Wild greens 7.46 0.00 0.00 5.10 −1.58 −4.61 −4.61 1.63
 Bird soup 38.96 26.09 7.50 45.65 1.88 3.26 2.01 3.82

Traditional dessert commonly made with berries, Crisco, sugar and sometimes fish

Seasonal food items