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. 2017 Nov 1;12(11):e0183451. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0183451

Table 2. Descriptive statistics of variables.

n (%) Mean ± sd Skew
Gender
 Male 238 (49.0)
 Female 248 (51.0)
Age (yrs)
 Continuous 486 35.8 ± 15.4 0.7
Number of school years completed (HS + college) (yrs)
 Continuous 486 11.3 ± 1.9 -1.2
Runs out of money for food b
 Never 41 (8.4)
 Seldom 37 (7.6)
 Sometimes 159 (32.7)
 Most times 107 (22.0)
 Always 80 (16.5)
 Missing 62 (12.8)
Runs out of money for utilities b
 Never 90 (18.5)
 Seldom 61 (12.6)
 Sometimes 132 (27.2)
 Most times 59 (12.1)
 Always 77 (15.8)
 Missing 67 (13.8)
Main language spoken at home is English
 No 338 (69.5)
 Yes 148 (30.5)
Follows Western lifestyle
 Not at all 15 (3.1)
 Some 375 (77.2)
 A lot 95 (19.5)
 Missing 1 (0.2)
Main language spoken at home is Yup’ik or Cup’ik
 No 149 (30.7)
 Yes 337 (69.3)
Follows Yup’ik lifestyle
 Not at all 5 (1.0)
 Some 242 (49.8)
 A lot 239 (49.2)
Speaks Yup’ik or Cup’ik
 No 24 (4.9)
 Yes 462 (95.1)
δ15N isotope level ()
 Continuous 486 8.8 ± 1.3 0.8
Subsistence food dietary pattern scorea
 Continuous 486 0.2 ± 2.3 -0.3
δ13C isotope level ()
 Continuous 486 -19.7 ± 0.7 -0.4
Processed foods dietary pattern scorea
 Continuous 486 0.8 ± 2.2 -0.4
Fruits and vegetables dietary pattern scorea
 Continuous 486 -0.0 ± 2.2 -0.3
Activity counts per day (count)
 Continuous 486 60767.1 ± 37769.1 1.9
Moderate to vigorous activity time per day (minutes)
 Continuous 486 201.9 ± 176.9 1.4
Rest time per day (minutes)b
 Continuous 486 940.3 ± 163.7 -1.5
Never, past or current smoke tobacco user
 Never Smoker 166 (34.2)
 Past Smoker 153 (31.5)
 Current Smoker 167 (34.4)
Cigarettes smoked per day (count)
 Continuous 486 1.6 ± 3.4 3.3
 Among smokers 4.7 ± 4.3
Never, past or current smokeless user
 Never Smokeless 79 (16.3)
 Past Smokeless 47 (9.7)
 Current Smokeless 360 (74.1)
Smokeless tobacco uses per day (count)
 Continuous 486 3.6 ± 3.5 1.3
 Among users 4.9 ± 3.9
Waist circumference (cm)
 Continuous 486 87.6 ± 14.1 1
Body Mass Index (kg/m2)
 Continuous 486 26.7 ± 5.7 1.1
Plasmatic HDL cholesterol (mg/Dl) b
 Continuous 486 62.9 ± 18.1 0.9
Plasmatic triglycerides (mg/Dl)
 Continuous 486 82.4 ± 44.3 3.2
Fasting plasmatic glucose (mg/Dl)
 Continuous 486 90.8 ± 9.8 0.3
Hemoglobin A1C (%)
 Continuous 486 5.5 ± 0.3 0.5
Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg)
 Continuous 486 116.3 ± 13.4 0.7
Diastolic blood pressure (mm Hg)
 Continuous 486 68.0 ± 9.5 0.3
Plasmatic LDL cholesterol (mg/Dl)
 Continuous 486 124.7 ± 34.8 0.7

aPattern scores are calculated from food frequencies [65]

bVariable is reverse coded