Table 6 Distribution of mean micronutrient intake of men and women in Gondar, Ethiopia 2005

Calcium (mg)

1000

^a663.53 ± 271.04

808.62 ± 323.71

606.07 ± 223.00

0.000

^b613.56 (39.20-2471.10)

736.53 (189.90-2471.10)

563.65 (39.20-1426.01)

^c90.4

82 (81.2)

240 (94.1)

Phosphorus (mg)

700

1708.60 ± 1035.61

2340.67 ± 1487.01

1458.25 ± 637.66

0.000

1436.15 (211.80-6542.52)

1736.89 (836.76-6542.52)

1327.42 (211.80-4875.87)

5 (1.4)

0 (0.0)

5 (2.0)

Iron (mg)

8, 18

109.29 ± 68.94

138.27 ± 89.99

97.81 ± 54.65

0.000

98.87 (4.08-879.31)

123.77 (27.79-879.31)

85.91 (4.08-345.03)

1 (0.3)

0 (0.0)

1 (0.4)

Retinol (ug)

900, 700

22.75 ± 78.79

32.19 ± 102.97

19.01 ± 66.72

0.15

0 (0–560)

0 (0–560)

0 (0–438)

100 (100.0)

101 (100.0)

255 (100.0)

B-carotene (ug)

-

226.20 ± 225.81

290.01 ± 277.53

200.93 ± 196.68

0.001

159.00 (0–2332)

243.25 (0–2332)

137.80 (0–1168)

Thiamin (mg)

1.2, 1.1

1.22 ± 1.06

1.81 ± 1.60

0.98 ± 0.61

0.000

0.93 (.15-6.21)

1.11 (.39-6.22)

0.84 (.15-4.77)

260 (73.0)

60 (59.4)

200 (78.4)

Riboflavin (mg)

1.3, 1.1

0.73 ± 0.30

0.84 ± .35

0.68 ± 0.26

0.000

0.69 (.02-2.98)

0.79 (.05-2.98)

0.65 (.02-1.97)

329 (92.4)

91 (90.1)

238 (93.3)

Niacin (mg)

16, 14

15.03 ± 20.31

26.28 ± 31.34

10.57 ± 10.94

0.000

8.87 (1.33-114.09)

11.19 (3.74-114.09)

8.29 (1.33-80.58)

301 (86.2)

71 (70.3)

236 (92.5)

Ascorbic acid (mg)

90, 75

24.10 ± 26.99

28.45 ± 28.00

22.38 ± 26.44

0.056

15.17 (0–206.4)

20.90 (0.1-139.0)

14.64 (0–206.4)

340 (95.5)

96 (95.0)

244 (95.7)