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Table 4 The percentages of the studied children from Piła in the reference ranges for vitamin intake according to gender

From: Gender differences and typical nutrition concerns of the diets of preschool children – the results of the first stage of an intervention study

Nutrient

Girls

(n = 61)

Boys

(n = 61)

All children

(n = 122)

P

Percent

Percent

Percent

 

Vitamin A (retinol equivalent)

 Below EAR

1.6

0.0

0.8

NS

Retinol

 Above UL

1.6

1.6

1.6

NS

Vitamin D

 Below EAR

100.0

96.7

98.4

NS

 Above UL

0.0

0.0

0.0

#

Vitamin E

 Below AI

57.4

37.7

47.5

0.030

 Above UL

0.0

0.0

0.0

#

Vitamin B1

 Below EAR

3.3

0.0

1.6

NS

Vitamin B2

 Below EAR

0.0

0.0

0.0

#

Vitamin B6

 Below EAR

0.0

0.0

0.0

#

 Above UL

0.0

0.0

0.0

#

Folic acid

 Below EAR

47.5

41.0

44.3

NS

 Above UL

0.0

0.0

0.0

#

Vitamin B12

 Below EAR

0.0

0.0

0.0

#

Niacin

 Below EAR

6.6

4.9

5.7

NS

 Above UL

6.6

8.2

7.4

NS

Vitamin C

 Below EAR

9.8

14.8

12.3

NS

 Above UL

0.0

0.0

0.0

#

  1. P significance, NS not significant (P > 0.05)
  2. # – P cannot be calculated when percentage is 0.0