Table 3.
Parent differences and correlations between parents for traditional and imported food intake (time(s) per month)
| Parent difference (Mother - Father) | Unadjusted pairwise spearman correlation between parents | Adjusted pairwise spearman correlation between parents | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | Mean (SD) | Median (P25-P75) |
p-value | n | rs (95%CI) | p-value | n | rs (95%CI) | p-value | |
| Traditional foods | ||||||||||
| Marine mammals | 40 (55%) | −0.14 (10.16) | 0.0 (−4.0–1.5) | 0.254 | 40 (55%) | 0.51 (0.22; 0.72) | 0.001* | 38 (52%) | 0.48 (0.17; 0.70) | 0.005* |
| Seabirds | 57 (78%) | − 0.23 (1.00) | 0.0 (− 0.5–0.0) | 0.061 | 57 (78%) | 0.29 (0.02; 0.51) | 0.031* | 55 (75%) | 0.26 (−0.01; 0.50) | 0.062 |
| Greenlandic fish | 60 (82%) | 0.11 (6.27) | 0.0 (−2–1.25) | 0.591 | 60 (82%) | 0.48 (0.24; 0.66) | < 0.001* | 57 (78%) | 0.47 (0.22; 0.66) | < 0.001* |
| Shellfish | 67 (92%) | −0.77 (5.13) | 0.0 (−1.5–0.5) | 0.179 | 67 (92%) | 0.31 (0.07; 0.51) | 0.011* | 64 (88%) | 0.30 (0.05; 0.51) | 0.019* |
| Dried fish | 65 (89%) | 0.47 (4.80) | 0.0 (− 1.0–1.0) | 0.686 | 65 (89%) | 0.43 (0.20; 0.62) | < 0.001* | 62 (85%) | 0.43 (0.19; 0.62) | 0.001* |
| Terrestrial animals | 60 (82%) | −2.44 (9.82) | 0.0 (−1.5–1.0) | 0.135 | 60 (82%) | 0.53 (0.30; 0.70) | < 0.001* | 57 (78%) | 0.54 (0.31; 0.71) | < 0.001* |
| Berries | 63 (86%) | 1.07 (4.96) | 0.0 (0.0–0.5) | 0.052 | 63 (86%) | 0.53 (0.31; 0.70) | < 0.001* | 60 (82%) | 0.50 (0.27; 0.68) | < 0.001* |
| Imported food | ||||||||||
| Meat products | 67 (92%) | 0.69 (12.44) | 0.0 (−4.6–6.9) | 0.505 | 67 (92%) | 0.37 (0.14; 0.57) | 0.002* | 64 (88%) | 0.41 (0.17; 0.60) | 0.001* |
| Carbohydrate foods | 71 (97%) | −0.42 (22.00) | 0.0 (−2.0–8.7) | 0.678 | 71 (97%) | 0.44 (0.22; 0.62) | < 0.001* | 68 (93%) | 0.44 (0.22; 0.62) | < 0.001* |
| Sauce | 72 (99%) | −1.53 (13.00) | 0.0 (−6.0–0.9) | 0.240 | 72 (99%) | 0.35 (0.12; 0.54) | 0.003* | 69 (95%) | 0.29 (0.05; 0.50) | 0.020* |
| Vegetables | 73 (100%) | 6.01 (14.69) | 3.3 (0.0–17.4) | 0.001* | 73 (100%) | 0.35 (0.12; 0.54) | 0.003* | 70 (96%) | 0.29 (0.05; 0.49) | 0.019* |
| Fruits | 69 (95%) | 10.51 (18.45) | 10.2 (0.0–17.9) | < 0.001* | 69 (95%) | 0.36 (0.12; 0.55) | 0.003* | 66 (90%) | 0.20 (−0.04; 0.43) | 0.112 |
| Fast food | 68 (93%) | −2.53 (7.58) | −0.8 (−3.0–0.0) | < 0.001* | 68 (93%) | 0.42 (0.20; 0.61) | < 0.001* | 65 (89%) | 0.39 (0.15; 0.58) | 0.002* |
| Sweets and Snacks | 66 (90%) | 0.64 (31.20) | 0.4 (−11.4–14.5) | 0.538 | 66 (90%) | 0.28 (0.04; 0.49) | 0.022* | 63 (86%) | 0.23 (−0.02; 0.45) | 0.079 |
Number of parents living together and included in the analyses = 73. The parent differences were calculated by subtraction of the reported intake of the father from the reported intake of the mother, thus a difference of zero (0) reflect equal intake for the mother and father, negative values reflect higher intake for the father, and positive value reflect higher intake for the mother. The parent differences were tested with a Wilcoxon Signed Rank test, with median equals 0. Spearman correlations between parents intake (time(s) per months), are presented, raw and with adjustment for age differences, household income, and percentage for life in Greenland for both mother and father, highest education for both mother and father. Bold p-values and * indicate significant difference (p ≤ 0.05). n (%): number of participants with information and percentages of the total number of participant in the group (N); SD: Standard Deviation; P25-P75: 25 percentile – 75 percentile; rs (95%CI): Spearman correlation coefficient with 95% confidence interval