Stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen as markers of dietary variation among sociocultural subgroups of Inuit in Greenland

Bjerregaard, Peter; Larsen, Christina Viskum Lytken; Dahl-Petersen, Inger Katrine; Buchardt, Bjørn

doi:10.1002/ajhb.23018

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“…The higher this sociocultural transition score, the further the participant is positioned in the transition from a traditional background as hunter to that of an urban office employee. The index was closely associated with traditional diet ( Bjerregaard et al, 2017 ). Information was available for 3891 participants (98%).…”

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“…In order to extract information about social position that is more specific to indigenous communities undergoing a rapid cultural and economic transition, a number of additional indicators of social position have been used in Greenland. These include current place of residence ( Bjerregaard and Curtis, 2002 , Bjerregaard and Jeppesen, 2010 , Bjerregaard and Larsen, 2015 , Jørgensen et al, 2006 , Jørgensen et al, 2012 ), language skills ( Bjerregaard and Curtis, 2002 , Jørgensen et al, 2006 ), and composite sociocultural variables that reflect participation in the transition from a traditional hunting life to a western urban life ( Bjerregaard et al, 2017 , Bjerregaard and Dahl-Petersen, 2011 , Larsen et al, 2013 ). In northern Scandinavia, reindeer herders have been shown to have lower Sense of Coherence ( Abrahamsson, Lindmark, & Gerdner, 2013 ) and higher mortality from injuries other than suicides ( Hassler, Sjölander, Johansson, Grönberg, & Damber, 2004 ) than other Sami from the same area.…”

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Measuring social inequality in health amongst indigenous peoples in the Arctic. A comparison of different indicators of social disparity among the Inuit in Greenland

Bjerregaard

Dahl-Petersen

Larsen

2018

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The purpose of the article is to compare different indicators of social position as measures of social inequality in health in a population sample from an indigenous arctic people, the Inuit in Greenland. Data was collected during 2005–2015 and consisted of information from 3967 adult Inuit from towns and villages in all parts of Greenland. Social inequalities for smoking and central obesity were analysed in relation to seven indicators of social disparity in four dimensions, i.e. education and employment, economic status, sociocultural position, and place of residence. For each indicator we calculated age-adjusted prevalence by social group, rate ratio and the concentration index. The indicators were correlated with Pearson’s r ranging from 0.24 to 0.82. Concentration indices ranged from 0.01 to 0.17. We could not conclude that one indicator was superior to others. Most of the indicators were traditional socioeconomic indicators used extensively in research in western countries and these seemed to be useful among the Inuit too, in particular household assets and job. Two sociocultural indicators developed for use among the Inuit and which included parameters specific to the indigenous peoples in the transition from a traditional to a modern life style proved to be equally useful but not superior to the traditional socioeconomic indicators. The choice of indicator must depend on what it is realistic to collect in the actual research setting and the use of more than one indicator is recommended. It is suggested to further develop culture specific indicators of social position for indigenous peoples.

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Measuring social inequality in health amongst indigenous peoples in the Arctic. A comparison of different indicators of social disparity among the Inuit in Greenland

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Dahl-Petersen

Larsen

2018

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“…One study from the UK did not find any association of childhood or adult social position with grip strength [42]. In Greenland, social position is associated with diet, physical activity and smoking which could all contribute towards an explanation for the variation in muscle strength with social position [43][44][45][46][47].…”

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Hand grip strength and chair stand test amongst Greenlandic Inuit: reference values and international comparisons

Bjerregaard

Ottendahl

Jørgensen

2021

International Journal of Circumpolar Health

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Muscle strength is an important predictor for function and mortality among older adults. We measured hand grip strength among 1442 participants aged 15+ years and carried out a 30 second chair stand test among 786 participants aged 55+ years. Neither test has been carried out among the Inuit before. We present reference values for men and women as means with standard deviations and medians with 10 th , 25 th , 75 th and 90 th percentiles. Hand grip strength was higher among men than among women (means 45.2 kg and 25.8 kg; p < 0.0001), in linear regression analyses it increased with height (β men = 0.69; β women = 0.46), weight (β men = 0.24; β women = 0.08) and body mass index (β men = 0.56; β women = 0.24), and decreased with age (β men = −0.49; β women = −0.29) and Inuit genetic ancestry (β men = −0.96; β women = −0.59). Chair stand score showed similar associations with sex (mean score for men and women 13.8 and 11.5; p < 0.0001), age (β men = −0.22; β women = −0.20) and Inuit genetic ancestry (β men = −0.38; β women = −0.41). The hand grip strength of the Inuit was at the same level as in European and North American populations whereas chair stand score was lower than that of a mostly white US population.

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“…Information was available for 97.4% of participants aged 25+ years. The index was developed for a study of traditional diet in Greenland ( Bjerregaard et al, 2017 ) and was validated against other socioeconomic and sociocultural measures ( Bjerregaard et al, 2018 ).…”

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Increasing health inequality among Inuit in Greenland from 1993 to 2018: Different patterns for household assets, urbanization and a sociocultural index as indicators of social position

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Stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen as markers of dietary variation among sociocultural subgroups of Inuit in Greenland

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Measuring social inequality in health amongst indigenous peoples in the Arctic. A comparison of different indicators of social disparity among the Inuit in Greenland

Measuring social inequality in health amongst indigenous peoples in the Arctic. A comparison of different indicators of social disparity among the Inuit in Greenland

Hand grip strength and chair stand test amongst Greenlandic Inuit: reference values and international comparisons

Increasing health inequality among Inuit in Greenland from 1993 to 2018: Different patterns for household assets, urbanization and a sociocultural index as indicators of social position

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