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Table 3 Dietary intake (day -1 ) and serum concentrations of iron, zinc, and vitamin A in 0–18 month-old infants by anemia status in rural Shaanxi province, China, 2010

From: Anemia, malnutrition and their correlations with socio-demographic characteristics and feeding practices among infants aged 0–18 months in rural areas of Shaanxi province in northwestern China: a cross-sectional study

Variable

Anemic

Non-anemic

P-value

Dietary intake (n = 336)

(n = 118)

(n = 218)

 

Iron (mg/day)

1.2 ± 1.0

1.3 ± 0.9

0.746

Zinc (mg/day)

1.8 ± 0.6

2.0 ± 0.5

0.299

 Vitamin A (μg/day)

66.7 ± 24.5

75.3 ± 27.3

0.227

Serum concentration (n = 55)

(n = 21)

(n = 34)

 

 Iron (μg/L)

881.2 ± 449.9

1227.9 ± 566.4

0.014

 Zinc (μg/L)

610.0 ± 107.8

679.4 ± 117.1

0.027

Retinol (μmol/L)

0.5 ± 0.1

0.8 ± 0.1

<0.001