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Table 3 Daily median intake of nutrients of cases and controls N = 257

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

Nutrients intake/day

Gender

Cases

M(N = 54)/F(N = 63)

Controls M(N = 63)/F(N = 77)

p value

Energy (Kcal)

Male

1908.19 (1614.7,2265.9)

1876.58 (1526.2, 2250.2)

0.299*

Female

2109.10 (1805.9,2446.6)

1768.78 (1518.4, 2318.8)

0.003**

% Energy from CHO

Male

74.17 (70.5,76.7)

73.20 (68.3,75.9)

0.137*

Female

74.92 (70.9,78.2)

72.74 (70.8,77.4)

0.491**

% Energy from protein

Male

12.15 (11.4,13.3)

12.31 (11.3,13.4)

0.588*

Female

11.99 (11.0,13.0)

12.01 (11.1,13.4)

0.588**

% Energy from fat

Male

12.77 (10.5,16.1)

15.13 (10.3,17.8)

0.260*

Female

12.61 (9.3,16.2)

13.63 (9.4,16.1)

0.392**

Vitamin A (μg RAE)

Male

918.33 (531.9,1432.3)

805.80 (580.9,1059.1)

0.394*

Female

690.8 (418.3,993.1)

778.92 (484.2,1059.7)

0.447**

Vitamin D (IU)

Male

10.33 (6.3,19.1)

7.55 (3.7,15.8)

0.071*

Female

10.56 (5.4,16.0)

9.50 (5.1,14.4)

0.253**

Vitamin E (mg)

Male

4.86 (3.2,7.5)

5.18 (3.0,7.0)

0.702*

Female

4.24 (2.2,6.5)

3.56 (2.4,6.2)

0.620**

Folate (μg)

Male

72.04 (46.7,123.8)

104.23 (59.9,143.9)

0.064*

Female

88.51 (54.5,126.7)

96.48 (47.5,142.4)

0.637**

Zinc (mg)

Male

5.40 (4.0,6.7)

5.26 (4.1,6.3)

0.983*

Female

6.10 (4.9,7.6)

5.33 (4.0,6.9)

0.097**

Selenium (μg)

Male

50.65 (31.5,57.3)

42.28 (32.3,55.4)

0.163*

Female

55.82 (41.1,73.3)

47.5 (36.0,61.0)

0.062**

Calcium (mg)

Male

432.25 (350.5,705.6)

525.81 (363.0,780.9)

0.372*

Female

478.07 (232.7,763.4)

421.20 (293.7,629.2)

0.810**

Magnesium (mg)

Male

150.93 (107.2,225.7)

157.41 (99.8,251.1)

0.794*

Female

156.06 (100.5,216.1)

148.73 (103.6,217.5)

0.870**

Iron (mg)

Male

14.64 (10.1,19.0)

15.36 (12.0,19.8)

0.415*

Female

15.42 (12.9,18.2)

13.78 (11.4,19.0)

0.275**

Copper (μg)

Male

605.04 (412.6,840.0)

675.34 (415.9,1015.1)

0.455*

Female

601.02 (411.7,932.2)

624.32 (410.7,980.1)

0.558**

Chromium (μg)

Male

29.72 (6.7,51.7)

21.59 (3.1,39.0)

0.035*

Female

26.18 (7.8,41.2)

21.65 (6.8,41.6)

0.781**

Manganese (mg)

Male

2.54 (1.9,3.6)

2.34 (1.6,3.4)

0.424*

Female

2.65 (2.0,3.4)

2.58 (1.7,3.3)

0.447**

Cobalt (μg)

Male

2.81 (1.9,3.3)

2.42 (1.7,3.1)

0.194*

Female

2.61 (1.7,3.9)

3.27 (2.3,4.2)

0.059**

  1. CHO Carbohydrate, RAE Retinol activity equivalent, Kcal Kilo calories, IU International unit
  2. The total sample of N = 257 included in this analysis of dietary nutrient intake after excluding the under reporters
  3. *Differences between male cases and controls, **Differences between female cases and controls, Mann-Whitney U test compared median (interquartile range)