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Table 6 Partial Correlation between Sex, Age and Season and 11Minerals

From: Determination of 11 minerals in children using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

Characteristics

Ca

Fe

Zn

Mg

Cu

Mn

Se

Hg

Ni

Co

Li

Sexa

–

–

–

−0.08**

−0.09***

–

–

–

–

–

–

Age (years old)b

−0.25***

0.19***

0.13***

−0.13***

−0.19***

−0.08**

–

–

–

–

–

Seasonc

0.15***

–

–

−0.12***

−0.07**

− 0.16***

−0.16***

− 0.16***

−0.38***

− 0.08**

0.16***

  1. a Controlling for age, season, educational level of parents, and family economic level
  2. b Controlling for sexr,season, educational level of parents, and family economic level
  3. c Controlling for sex, age, educational level of parents, and family economic level
  4. - Indicates that the correlation is not statistically significant
  5. ***P < 0.001; **P < 0.01; *P < 0.05
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