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Table 1 Lifestyle characteristics

From: Xenohormone transactivities are inversely associated to serum POPs in Inuit

  

Men

Women

  

Nuuk

Sisimiut

Qaanaaq

All

Nuuk

Sisimiut

Qaanaaq

All

Age (years)

n

32

51

38

121

45

42

32

119

 

median

55

30

34

36

38

32

34

35

 

mean

54

31

33

38

36

33

32

34

 

min

38

18

19

18

19

18

18

18

 

max

72

46

45

72

45

44

44

45

 

P-value*

<.001

.15

.68

.001

    
 

P-value**

<.001 (Nuuk higher)

.07 (no post hoc test)

BMI (kg/m2)

n

30

51

38

119

43

42

32

117

 

median

28

26

27

27

26

26

24

25

 

mean

27

27

27

27

26

27

25

26

 

min

22

19

20

19

18

19

18

18

 

max

35

36

41

41

32

47

34

47

 

P-value*

.03

.92

.06

.04

    
 

P-value**

.40 (no post hoc test)

.56 (no post hoc test)

Smoking (years)

n

29

51

37

117

42

42

30

114

 

median

35

11

18

18

20

12

16

15

 

mean

31

12

17

18

16

12

15

14

 

min

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

 

max

59

26

30

59

33

27

29

33

 

P-value*

<.001

.85

.71

.001

    
 

P-value**

<.001 (all different)

.22 (no post hoc test)

n-3/n-6

n

32

37

38

107

45

38

32

115

 

median

0.55

0.22

0.39

0.35

0.25

0.29

0.37

0.29

 

mean

0.69

0.29

0.50

0.48

0.29

0.32

0.43

0.34

 

min

0.20

0.10

0.09

0.09

0.12

0.14

0.15

0.12

 

max

1.65

0.73

1.45

1.65

0.72

0.82

1.26

1.26

 

P-value*

<.001

.18

.95

<.001

    
 

P-value**

<.001(all different)

<.001 (Qaanaaq higher)

Seabird intake (per month)

n

30

48

36

114

44

41

31

116

 

median

2.0

1.0

1.0

2.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

 

mean

4.6

2.7

2.4

3.1

1.4

1.3

3.5

1.9

 

min

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

 

max

20

28

20

28

8

2

28

28

 

P-value*

<.001

.15

.84

<.001

    
 

P-value**

<.001 (Nuuk higher)

.02 (***)

Dairy food consumption (per month)

n

31

50

38

119

45

42

32

119

 

median

36

51

32

40

56

57

37

50

 

mean

37

49

31

40

53

49

35

47

 

min

4

8

3

3

2

0

0

0

 

max

76

84

58

84

84

84

84

84

 

P-value*

.005

.64

.34

.05

    
 

P-value**

<.001 (Sisimiut higher)

.01 (Qaanaaq lower)

  1. *: p value for men compared to women within the same district (e.g. Nuuk men and Nuuk women) using Student's t-test.
  2. **: p value for comparison between the districts for the separate genders (e.g. Nuuk vs. Sisimiut vs Qaanaaq and vice versa) using ANOVA, result in the brackets (post hoc LSD/Dunnett T3 test).
  3. ***: Qaanaaq borderline higher than Sisimiut (p = 0.07)