Table 1

Lifestyle characteristics


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)

*: p value for men compared to women within the same district (e.g. Nuuk men and Nuuk women) using Student's t-test.

**: 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).

***: Qaanaaq borderline higher than Sisimiut (p = 0.07)

Krüger et al. Environmental Health 2008 7:38   doi:10.1186/1476-069X-7-38