Dietary intake in 6-year-old children from southern Poland: part 2 – vitamin and mineral intakes

Merkiel, Sylwia; Chalcarz, Wojciech

doi:10.1186/s12887-014-0310-7

BMC Pediatrics

Table 1 Vitamin intakes in the studied 6-year-old children

From: Dietary intake in 6-year-old children from southern Poland: part 2 – vitamin and mineral intakes

Nutrient	Reference values	Girls ( n = 64)		Boys ( n = 56)		All children ( n = 120)		P	Girls ( n = 64)		Boys ( n = 56)		All children ( n = 120)
Nutrient	Reference values	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD		Median	SE	Median	SE	Median	SE
Vitamin A (retinol equivalent)
(μg)	300¹	1088	650	1062	550	1076	603	0.701	984	81	875	74	952	55
(μg/1000 kcal)	NA	619	402	562	298	592	357	0.232	538	50	457	40	500	33
Retinol
(μg)	NA	505	566	489	233	498	441	0.303	411	71	433	31	430	40
(μg/1000 kcal)	NA	291	373	258	130	275	286	0.925	226	47	231	17	227	26
Beta-carotene
(μg)	NA	3496	2454	3435	2769	3467	2595	0.504	2934	307	2428	370	2835	237
(μg/1000 kcal)	NA	1964	1323	1824	1486	1899	1397	0.269	1634	165	1380	199	1535	128
Vitamin D
(μg)	10¹	2.35	1.35	2.21	1.12	2.29	1.25	0.987	1.93	0.17	2.10	0.15	1.96	0.11
(μg/1000 kcal)	NA	1.33	0.75	1.17	0.62	1.25	0.70	0.333	1.12	0.09	1.06	0.08	1.08	0.06
Vitamin E
(mg)	6²	7.23	2.59	7.10	2.31	7.17	2.45	0.788	6.97	0.32	6.94	0.31	6.95	0.22
(mg/1000 kcal)	NA	4.10	1.51	3.72	1.02	3.92	1.31	0.197	3.94	0.19	3.45	0.14	3.79	0.12
Vitamin B₁
(mg)	0.5¹	0.999	0.331	1.016	0.371	1.007	0.348	0.879	0.948	0.041	0.954	0.050	0.949	0.032
(mg/1000 kcal)	NA	0.565	0.177	0.536	0.198	0.551	0.187	0.352	0.524	0.022	0.492	0.027	0.513	0.017
Vitamin B₂
(mg)	0.5¹	1.693	0.468	1.668	0.492	1.681	0.478	0.636	1.654	0.059	1.672	0.066	1.659	0.044
(mg/1000 kcal)	NA	0.958	0.258	0.880	0.247	0.922	0.255	0.071	0.937	0.032	0.865	0.033	0.910	0.023
Vitamin B₆
(mg)	0.5¹	1.51	0.36	1.50	0.37	1.51	0.36	0.986	1.49	0.04	1.45	0.05	1.48	0.03
(mg/1000 kcal)	NA	0.86	0.20	0.80	0.18	0.83	0.19	0.075	0.83	0.02	0.78	0.02	0.80	0.02
Folic acid
(μg)	160¹	201.3	43.6	202.9	39.1	202.0	41.4	0.925	196.9	5.4	198.1	5.2	197.5	3.8
(μg/1000 kcal)	NA	114.2	25.4	107.0	15.2	110.8	21.5	0.049	110.3	3.2	103.5	2.0	107.0	2.0
Vitamin B₁₂
(μg)	1.0¹	3.52	2.21	3.59	1.25	3.55	1.82	0.318	3.24	0.28	3.44	0.17	3.29	0.17
(μg/1000 kcal)	NA	2.02	1.45	1.89	0.65	1.96	1.14	0.713	1.77	0.18	1.66	0.09	1.76	0.10
Niacin
(mg)	6¹	12.30	3.31	12.24	3.15	12.27	3.23	0.875	11.42	0.41	11.43	0.42	11.43	0.29
(mg/1000 kcal)	NA	7.01	1.93	6.47	1.56	6.76	1.78	0.094	6.85	0.24	6.14	0.21	6.36	0.16
Vitamin C
(mg)	40¹	77.9	36.6	66.9	31.0	72.8	34.4	0.051	73.0	4.6	59.8	4.1	65.5	3.1
(mg/1000 kcal)	NA	43.9	20.3	35.3	16.3	39.9	18.9	0.003	40.7	2.5	32.6	2.2	35.7	1.7

NA – not available; P – significance.
¹EAR; ²AI.

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