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Table 3 Anthropometric, lifestyle and dietary characteristics of the study participants (n 249)*

From: Serum apolipoproteins in relation to intakes of fish in population of Arkhangelsk County

Characteristics

Males

p-value

Females

p-value

 

Arkhangelsk (n 21)

Nelmin-Nos (n 25)

 

Arkhangelsk (n 111)

Nelmin-Nos (n 92)

 

Age (years)†

38.0

36.0

0.310a

50.0

46.0

0.044a

Ethnic groups (%)§,

      

  Russians/Other

100.0

16.0

<0.0001b

100.0

12.0

<0.0001b

  Nenets

0.0

84.0

0.0

88.0

  

Education (%)§

      

  Incomplete secondary

9.6

41.7

<0.0001b

4.6

14.6

<0.0001b

  Complete secondary ||

33.3

54.2

 

55.0

76.4

 

  Complete high, post grad

57.1

4.1

 

40.4

9.0

 

Full-time employee (%)§

      

  Yes

81.0

54.2

0.057 b

78.6

65.6

0.042 b

  No

19.0

45.8

 

21.4

34.4

 

BMI (kg/m2)‡

27.4

24.7

0.025d

26.6

28.1

0.060d

Smoking status (%)§

      

  Current

42.9

50.0

0.632b

15.7

16.9

0.830b

  Never, ex smokers

57.1

50.0

 

84.3

83.1

 

Physical activity (%)§

      

  Low

23.8

11.1

0.130c

33.7

39.4

0.707b

  Moderate

38.1

16.7

 

46.2

43.7

 

  High

38.1

72.2

 

20.1

16.9

 

CAGE-test score (%)§

      

  0-1

89.4

68.7

0.460c

97.9

74.5

<0.0001c

  2

5.3

12.5

 

2.1

12.7

 

  3

5.3

12.5

 

0.0

4.3

 

  4

0.0

6.3

 

0.0

8.5

 

Alcohol U/last 7 days (AU)†

5.0

2.4

0.011a

1.0

0.0

<0.0001a

Alcohol U/week last year (AU)†

1.0

0.6

0.132a

0.6

0.2

0.037a

Fat from meat (g/d)†

15.6

16.9

0.391a

12.8

10.4

0.046a

Total fish (g/d)†

81.6

44.9

0.145a

41.1

24.9

0.002a

Oily fish (g/d)†, **

39.9

42.3

0.842a

17.4

20.0

0.149a

Lean fish (g/d)†

49.8

0.0

<0.0001a

23.6

0.0

<0.0001a

Local oily fish (NAO) (g/d)†

0.0

37.4

<0.0001a

0.0

14.0

<0.0001a

  1. a Mann–Whitney U test. b Pearson Chi-Square test. c Fishers Exact test. d ANCOVA test.
  2. * Subgroups are not total 249 because of missing values, except age and ethnic groups.
  3. † Age, alcohol U/last 7 days, alcohol U/week during last year, fat from meat, total fish, oily fish, lean fish and local oily fish variables are presented as median.
  4. ‡ BMI is presented as geometric mean adjusted for age.
  5. p-value.§ Ethnic groups, education, full-time employee, smoking status, physical activity and CAGE-test score variables are presented as percentage from total number within residence.
  6. || Includes secondary, professional secondary and incomplete high education.
  7. ** Includes local oily fish (NAO).