Research Article

Indigenous Subarctic Food Systems in Transition: Amino Acid Composition (Including Tryptophan) in Wild-Harvested and Processed Meats

Table 11

Pair-Wise Post Hoc Comparisons of Food Types.

Food SourceDependent Variable(I) Food Type(J) Food TypeMean Difference (I-J)p-value

ProcessedMoisture (g•100g−1 sample)Klik LightChicken Nugget-5.743< 0.001
Klik LightHot Dog11.923< 0.001
Klik LightMeatballs-6.540< 0.001
Sub MeatsChicken Nugget-6.547< 0.001
Sub MeatsHot Dog11.120< 0.001
Sub MeatsMeatballs-7.343< 0.001
Chicken NuggetHot Dog17.667< 0.001
Hot DogMeatballs-18.463< 0.001
Fat (g•100g−1 sample)Sub MeatsChicken Nugget9.1330.006
Chicken NuggetMeatballs-6.7400.001
Other (g•100g−1 sample)Klik LightChicken Nugget-4.3670.024
Sub MeatsChicken Nugget-4.9730.010
Chicken NuggetHot Dog3.9000.049
Chicken NuggetMeatballs4.4400.022
Amino Acid PC-3 (6.6%)Klik LightSub Meats-1.8200.035
Klik LightHot Dog-2.6320.003
Sub MeatsChicken Nugget1.9960.019
Sub MeatsMeatballs1.9140.025
Chicken NuggetHot Dog-2.8090.002
Hot DogMeatballs2.7260.002

Wild Protein (g•100g−1 sample)PikeWhitefish1.7220.031
PikeMoose-1.6840.036
PikeMallard-3.450< 0.001
PikeGoose-4.620< 0.001
WhitefishMoose-3.406< 0.001
WhitefishMallard-5.172< 0.001
WhitefishGoose-6.342< 0.001
MooseMallard-1.7660.025
MooseGoose-2.936< 0.001
Moisture (g•100g−1 sample)PikeMallard6.182< 0.001
PikeGoose6.428< 0.001
WhitefishMoose2.1180.033
WhitefishMallard6.412< 0.001
WhitefishGoose6.658< 0.001
MooseMallard4.294< 0.001
MooseGoose4.540< 0.001
Fat (g•100g−1 sample)PikeWhitefish-1.4820.027
PikeMallard-2.0460.001
PikeGoose-2.1380.001
MooseMallard-1.7980.005
MooseGoose-1.8900.003
Tryptophan (g•100g−1 sample)PikeMallard-0.336< 0.001
WhitefishMallard-0.2800.001
log10 (1 + Trp [g•100g−1 sample])PikeMallard-0.039< 0.001
PikeGoose-0.0440.007
WhitefishMallard-0.042< 0.001
WhitefishGoose-0.0470.003
Tryptophan:LNAAPikeMallard-0.0100.015
PikeGoose-0.0110.011
WhitefishGoose-0.0090.049
Amino Acid PC-1 (62.6%)PikeMoose-0.6220.043
PikeMallard-1.212< 0.001
PikeGoose-1.659< 0.001
WhitefishMoose-1.016< 0.001
WhitefishMallard-1.606< 0.001
WhitefishGoose-2.053< 0.001
MooseGoose-1.037< 0.001
Amino Acid PC-2 (20.7%)PikeGoose-0.9330.003
WhitefishGoose-1.0890.001
MooseGoose-0.9600.003
Amino Acid PC-3 (6.6%)PikeMallard1.3800.005
PikeGoose1.3390.007
WhitefishMallard1.1360.029
WhitefishGoose1.0960.038

a. Only variables determined to have significant differences between food-type (Tables 8 and 9) were examined in pairwise comparisons
b. Based on observed means
c. Bonferroni or Tamhane’s T2 post-hoc test, as appropriate for variance heterogeneity