From: Determination of 11 minerals in children using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry
Element | < 1 year old(n = 160) | 1–3 years old(n = 453) | 3–6 years old(n = 477) | 6–12 years old(n = 909) | 12-15 years old(n = 218) | F/χ2 | P | |||||
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Median | [P2.5,P97.5] | Median | [P2.5,P97.5] | Median | [P2.5,P97.5] | Median | [P2.5,P97.5] | Median | [P2.5,P97.5] | |||
Ca | 96.80 | [86.03,108.96] | 93.60 | [83.73,104.90] | 91.80 | [81.10,102.12] | 90.60 | [78.98,102.33] | 90.85 | [81.00,101.34] | 56.315 | < 0.001 |
Fe | 0.79 | [0.30,1.80] | 0.99 | [0.37,2.24] | 1.05 | [0.40,2.06] | 1.09 | [0.46,1.99] | 1.08 | [0.48,2.29] | 84.367 | < 0.001 |
Zn | 713.50 | [492.15,1149.00] | 748.00 | [501.35,1050.00] | 797.50 | [523.93,1151.50] | 796.00 | [521.25,1092.50] | 807.00 | [543.45,1101.00] | 10.981 | < 0.001 |
Mg | 21.25 | [17.10,25.60] | 20.50 | [16.40,24.57] | 20.10 | [15.85,24.02] | 19.80 | [16.15,23.70] | 20.20 | [16.10,23.75] | 19.939 | < 0.001 |
Cu | 864.50 | [602.28,1299.75] | 1060.00 | [733.65,1596.75] | 1100.00 | [730.75,1600.00] | 1030.00 | [677.50,1460.00] | 860.50 | [607.60,1325.25] | 260.176 | < 0.001 |
Mn | 0.48 | [0.00,1.63] | 0.43 | [0.00,1.22] | 0.38 | [0.00,1.36] | 0.39 | [0.00,1.37] | 0.36 | [0.00,1.25] | 20.140 | < 0.001 |
Se | 71.30 | [35.43,119.00] | 81.50 | [48.95,118.93] | 77.50 | [47.32,112.67] | 79.66 | [50.87,111.00] | 76.70 | [55.06,116.20] | 15.693 | 0.188 |
Hg | 0.24 | [0.00,0.70] | 0.32 | [0.01,1.08] | 0.28 | [0.05,0.86] | 0.26 | [0.05,0.74] | 0.27 | [0.05,0.68] | 24.125 | < 0.001 |
Ni | 0.76 | [0.24,2.61] | 1.05 | [0.16,2.51] | 0.92 | [0.13,2.31] | 0.90 | [0.15,2.31] | 0.84 | [0.10,2.53] | 10.675 | 0.030 |
Co | 0.27 | [0.06,0.60] | 0.31 | [0.06,0.80] | 0.33 | [0.06,0.68] | 0.31 | [0.08,0.75] | 0.32 | [0.03,0.68] | 24.755 | < 0.001 |
Li | 1.15 | [0.00,4.73] | 1.29 | [0.00,4.38] | 1.20 | [0.02,4.08] | 1.11 | [0.00,4.46] | 1.02 | [0.00,3.86] | 5.853 | 0.210 |