Micronutrient status and associated factors of adiposity in primary school children with normal and high body fat in Colombo municipal area, Sri Lanka

Thillan, Kalaichelvi; Lanerolle, Pulani; Thoradeniya, Tharanga; Samaranayake, Dulani; Chandrajith, Rohana; Wickramasinghe, Pujitha

doi:10.1186/s12887-020-02473-3

Table 2 Micronutrient and inflammatory status of cases and controls N = 324

From: Micronutrient status and associated factors of adiposity in primary school children with normal and high body fat in Colombo municipal area, Sri Lanka

Characteristics	Gender	Cases Male-N = 81% BF > 28.6 Female-N = 79%BF > 33.7	Controls Male-N = 80% BF ≤28.6 Female-N = 84%BF ≤ 33.7	p value
Vitamin D (ng/mL)	Male	16.19 ± 5.06	17.72 ± 4.47	0.045^a*
Vitamin D (ng/mL)	Female	14.21 ± 4.13	17.09 ± 4.93	< 0.001^a**
Vitamin A (μg/dL)	Male	61.94 ± 16.28	60.72 ± 17.62	0.647^a*
Vitamin A (μg/dL)	Female	63.13 ± 20.29	60.92 ± 17.41	0.461^a**
Vitamin E (μg/mL)	Male	4.01 (2.9,5.2)	3.64 (2.9,5.1)	0.629^b*
Vitamin E (μg/mL)	Female	3.96 (2.9,5.4)	3.44 (2.2,4.7)	0.057^b**
Ferritin (ng/mL)	Male	36.19 (23.6,46.7)	19.3 (8.4,29.5)	< 0.001^b*
Ferritin (ng/mL)	Female	31.76 (21.6,40.5)	26.73 (16.7,39.5)	0.211^b**
Total folate (serum)	Male	4.58 ± 1.43	5.36 ± 1.46	0.007^a*
(ng/mL)	Female	4.72 ± 1.56	5.34 ± 1.44	0.055^a**
Folate (RBC)	Male	239.01 (173.2,274.1)	189.29 (163.1, 236.9)	0.002^b*
(ng/mL)	Female	234.39 (171.2,268.6)	208.91 (169.4,259.9)	0.303^b**
Calcium (mg/dL)	Male	11.71 (10,12.8)	10.58 (8.7,11.8)	< 0.001^b*
Calcium (mg/dL)	Female	11.92 (8.6,12.7)	11.23 (7.4,12.2)	0.004^b**
Magnesium (mg/dL)	Male	1.70 (1.6,1.9)	1.82 (1.7,1.9)	0.004^b*
Magnesium (mg/dL)	Female	1.68 (1.5,1.8)	1.82 (1.7, 2.0)	< 0.001^b**
Copper (μg/dL)	Male	142.77 (123.3, 159.7)	111.56 (90.5,135.9)	< 0.001^b*
Copper (μg/dL)	Female	137.71 (102.5, 158.4)	112.87 (82.8,133.3)	< 0.001^b**
Zinc (μg/dL)	Male	68.78 (57.7,83.3)	64.20 (51.4, 73.8)	0.025^b*
Zinc (μg/dL)	Female	63.02 (54.4,72.2)	65.71 (45.3,76.2)	0.797^b**
Selenium (μg/dL)	Male	9.51 (8.4,10.2)	8.70 (7.2,10.5)	0.260^b*
Selenium (μg/dL)	Female	8.86 (6.9,10.2)	8.92 (7.0, 10.2)	0.784^b**
Iron (μg/dL)	Male	61.93 (55.2,79.5)	90.84 (71.8,105.5)	< 0.001^b*
Iron (μg/dL)	Female	70.24 (54.3,86.4)	94.88 (79.9,104.8)	< 0.001^b**
Chromium (μg/dL)	Male	0.67 (0.32, 0.85)	0.21 (0.05,0.72)	< 0.001^b*
Chromium (μg/dL)	Female	0.54 (0.14, 0.71)	0.33 (0.11,0.74)	0.249^b**
Manganese (μg/dL)	Male	0.28 (0.13, 0.61)	0.21 (0.09, 0.45)	0.187^b*
Manganese (μg/dL)	Female	0.20 (0.11, 0.37)	0.27 (0.09,0.67)	0.143^b**
Cobalt (μg/dL)	Male	0.018 (0.004, 0.05)	0.02 (0.01,0.04)	0.551^b*
Cobalt (μg/dL)	Female	0.013 (0.004, 0.03)	0.02 (0.01,0.04)	0.121^b**
hs-CRP (mg/L)	Male	1.38 (0.4,3.4)	0.16 (0.08,0.5)	< 0.001^b*
hs-CRP (mg/L)	Female	1.29 (0.6,2.6)	0.18 (0.05,1.03)	< 0.001^b**
Leptin (ng/mL)	Male	9.84 (5.5,14.8)	2.19 (0.9,5.3)	< 0.001^b*
Leptin (ng/mL)	Female	15.09 (9.7,21.1)	3.71 (2.1,6.6)	< 0.001^b**

RBC Red blood cell, hs-CRP High Sensitivity C-reactive protein, BF Body fat. The children with hs-CRP level > 10 mg/L excluded in ferritin and hs-CRP analysis, *Differences between male cases and controls, **Differences between female cases and controls, ^aIndependent sample t-test compared mean ± SD ^bMann-Whitney U test compared median (inter quartile range), statistically significant at p < 0.05

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