Potential impact of restricted caribou (Rangifer tarandus) consumption on anemia prevalence among Inuit adults in northern Canada

Table 1 Demographic, lifestyle, and socioeconomic characteristics according to tertiles of caribou consumption: IPY 2007–2008 Inuit Health Survey

	Tertiles of caribou consumption¹
Participant characteristics	Tertile 1		Tertile 2		Tertile 3
	Mean /n	SD/ %	Mean/n	SD / %	Mean/n	SD / %
Age (year)	43	15	41	14	41	15
Female (%)	491	67	437^*	60	402^*	56
Kivalliq (Nunavut)	138	24	137	24	288^*	51
Qikiqtaaluk (Nunavut)	355	49	235^*	32	139^*	19
Kitikmeot (Nunavut)	46	13	118^*	33	196^*	54
Inuvialuit Settlement Region	100	37	110	41	57^*	21
Nunatsiavut	86	34	125^*	49	45^*	18
Post-secondary education (%)	138	20	155^*	22	122	17
Married (%)	429	61	475	66	471	65
Current smoker (%)	500	71	482	67	525	73
Physically inactive (%)	280	39	261	36	202^*	28
Food insecurity (%)²	340	65	282^*	57	287	62
BMI (kg/m2)	27.6	6	28.6^*	6	28.9^*	7
Income > CAD $ 40,000 (%)	140	22	192^*	30	176^*	28
H. pylori seropositive (%)³	481	69	485	68	522^*	75

*Multiple comparisons between tertiles (tertile 1 vs. tertiles 2 and 3, respectively) with Bonferroni correction. P < 0.05
¹ Participants were stratified into tertiles based on average (annual average) daily caribou intake g/day, as estimated by the food frequency questionnaire
² Food insecurity includes both moderate and severe food insecurity
³ Based on percent inhibition from blood sample

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