Table 2 95% Reference Intervals of 11 Minerals in Different Sex
From: Determination of 11 minerals in children using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry
Element | Total(n = 2217) | Male(n = 1229) | Female(n = 988) | Z | P | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Median | [P2.5,P97.5] | Median | [P2.5,P97.5] | Median | [P2.5,P97.5] | |||
Ca | 92.00 | [80.40,104.00] | 91.80 | [80.30,104.00] | 92.20 | [81.10,104.00] | −1.229 | 0.242 |
Fe | 1.04 | [0.40,2.05] | 1.04 | [0.41,2.07] | 1.04 | [0.40,1.98] | − 0.029 | 0.977 |
Zn | 783.00 | [515.00,1090.00] | 782.00 | [512.00,1110.00] | 784.00 | [523.00,1087.10] | −0.269 | 0.921 |
Mg | 20.20 | [16.30,24.30] | 20.30 | [16.30,24.40] | 20.00 | [15.97,24.10] | −3.016 | 0.002 |
Cu | 1020.00 | [663.43,1520.00] | 1034.00 | [680.75,1541.00] | 1010.00 | [655.90,1510.00] | −4.192 | < 0.001 |
Mn | 0.39 | [0.00,1.34] | 0.40 | [0.00,1.40] | 0.39 | [0.00,1.20] | −0.785 | 0.433 |
Se | 78.70 | [46.28,114.12] | 78.70 | [46.34,114.00] | 78.80 | [45.95,116.00] | −0.063 | 0.661 |
Hg | 0.28 | [0.04,0.83] | 0.27 | [0.03,0.81] | 0.29 | [0.05,0.90] | −2.043 | 0.041 |
Ni | 0.92 | [0.14,2.34] | 0.94 | [0.15,2.35] | 0.90 | [0.14,2.32] | −0.372 | 0.710 |
Co | 0.31 | [0.07,0.73] | 0.31 | [0.06,0.74] | 0.31 | [0.07,0.70] | −0.483 | 0.629 |
Li | 1.17 | [0.00,4.28] | 1.19 | [0.00,4.21] | 1.15 | [0.00,4.39] | −0.548 | 0.583 |