TABLE 3.
Range of NIR of sequential hair segments from participants in the upper 2 quartiles of traditional food intake with hair >6 cm long (n = 18)1
| Individual | Community | Visit | Sex | Age, y | n 2 | NIR, ‰3 | NIR range, ‰ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A1 | A | 1 | F | 39 | 16 | 11.9 ± 0.6 | 1.8 (11.2–13.0) |
| A2 | A | 2 | F | 39 | 7 | 11.1 ± 0.6 | 1.5 (10.6–12.1) |
| A3 | A | 2 | M | 58 | 8 | 11.5 ± 0.2 | 0.6 (11.1–11.7) |
| A44 | A | 2 | M | 37 | 7 | 10.5 ± 0.3 | 0.8 (10.1–10.9) |
| A5 | A | 2 | F | 43 | 16 | 11.0 ± 0.6 | 2.1 (12.1–14.2) |
| A6 | A | 2 | F | 45 | 56 | 11.6 ± 0.5 | 2 (10.6–12.6) |
| A7 | A | 1 | F | 56 | 9 | 13.1 ± 0.7 | 2.1 (12.1–14.2) |
| A8 | A | 2 | F | 55 | 22 | 13.4 ± 0.6 | 2.2 (12.3–14.5) |
| A9 | A | 1 | F | 39 | 19 | 12.4 ± 0.5 | 2 (11.5–13.5) |
| A10 | A | 1 | F | 50 | 17 | 12.5 ± 0.4 | 1.5 (11.6–13.1) |
| A11 | A | 1 | F | 57 | 21 | 14.4 ± 0.4 | 1.4 (13.8–15.2) |
| A12 | A | 2 | F | 72 | 8 | 15.0 ± 0.3 | 0.8 (14.6–15.4) |
| B1 | B | 2 | F | 40 | 6 | 11.2 ± 0.6 | 1.4 (10.5–11.9) |
| B2 | B | 1 | F | 55 | 13 | 10.9 ± 0.3 | 0.8 (10.5–11.3) |
| B34 | B | 2 | F | 22 | 23 | 9.0 ± 0.4 | 2 (8.0–10.0) |
| B4 | B | 2 | F | 71 | 13 | 14.2 ± 0.6 | 1.9 (13.4–15.5) |
| B5 | B | 1 | F | 56 | 5 | 14.0 ± 0.1 | 0.3 (14.4–14.7) |
| B6 | B | 1 | F | 50 | 11 | 11.4 ± 0.3 | 1 (10.9–11.9) |
1
NIR, nitrogen isotope ratio, expressed as δ15N values.
2
n = number of hair segments analyzed.
3
Values are means ± SDs.
4
Participants from the lower 2 quartiles of traditional food intake, included for comparison.