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

BMC Pediatrics

Table 3 Mineral intakes in the studied 6-year-old children

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
Calcium
(mg)	800¹	673	201	712	227	691	213	0.327	640	25	663	30	652	19
(mg/1000 kcal)	NA	378	96	374	99	376	97	0.799	371	12	374	13	371	9
Phosphorus
(mg)	410¹	992	199	1050	227	1019	213	0.201	971	25	1021	30	994	19
(mg/1000 kcal)	NA	560	84	553	86	557	84	0.866	553	10	548	11	551	8
Magnesium
(mg)	110¹	218	42	228	47	223	45	0.468	217	5	217	6	217	4
(mg/1000 kcal)	NA	123	18	120	19	122	18	0.386	124	2	123	3	123	2
Sodium
(mg)	1000²	2876	557	3194	650	3024	620	0.023	2960	70	3125	87	2989	57
(mg/1000 kcal)	NA	1634	299	1685	265	1658	284	0.326	1630	37	1656	35	1645	26
Potassium
(mg)	3100²	2450	471	2511	498	2478	482	0.493	2491	59	2453	66	2468	44
(mg/1000 kcal)	NA	1383	199	1326	212	1356	206	0.128	1377	25	1342	28	1366	19
Iron
(mg)	4¹	9.0	2.0	9.4	2.3	9.2	2.1	0.315	8.8	0.2	9.0	0.3	8.9	0.2
(mg/1000 kcal)	NA	5.1	1.0	5.0	1.0	5.0	1.0	0.446	4.8	0.1	4.7	0.1	4.8	0.1
Zinc
(mg)	4¹	6.7	1.3	7.2	1.3	6.9	1.3	0.041	6.6	0.2	7.1	0.2	6.8	0.1
(mg/1000 kcal)	NA	3.8	0.5	3.8	0.5	3.8	0.5	0.290	3.7	0.1	3.9	0.1	3.8	0.0
Copper
(mg)	0.3¹	0.88	0.18	0.93	0.19	0.90	0.19	0.134	0.86	0.02	0.91	0.03	0.87	0.02
(mg/1000 kcal)	NA	0.50	0.08	0.49	0.08	0.49	0.08	0.704	0.49	0.01	0.48	0.01	0.49	0.01
Manganese
(mg)	1.5²	3.00	0.79	3.23	0.77	3.11	0.79	0.106	2.90	0.10	3.17	0.10	3.09	0.07
(mg/1000 kcal)	NA	1.70	0.41	1.71	0.38	1.70	0.40	0.829	1.69	0.05	1.62	0.05	1.66	0.04
Iodine
(μg)	65¹	129.3	31.9	138.4	35.7	133.5	33.9	0.144	130.5	4.0	136.0	4.8	132.3	3.1
(μg/1000 kcal)	NA	73.8	19.6	73.4	18.4	73.6	19.0	0.925	71.5	2.4	72.2	2.5	71.7	1.7

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