Table 1.
Baseline micronutrient deficiencies in the total cohort and within certain population categories.
| 25(OH)D (<50 nmol/L) | Calcium (<2,15 mmol/L) | Iron (<13 ug/L) | Ferritin (<30mcg/dL) | Transferrin Sats (<20%) | Haemoglobin (<12 g/dL) | Albumin (<35g/L) | Iron deficiency1 | Iron deficiency Anemia2 | Folate (<8,8 nmol/L) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total study population: N=154 | ||||||||||
| median (IQR) | 46 (37-62) | 2.38 (2.3-2.47) | 10.95 (8.2-13.6) | 76 (38-170) | 16 (12-20) | 13.5 (12.5-14.3) | 44 (42-46) | 17.0 (10.3-28.4) | ||
| Total number of deficiencies | 88/154 (57%) | 2/154 (1%) | 66/150 (44%) | 17/150 (11%) | 27/143 (18%) | |||||
| Number of deficiencies per category: | ||||||||||
| Gender | ||||||||||
| Male | 9/18 (50%) | 0 | 8/18 (44%) | 0 | 11/18 (61%) | 0 | 0 | 3/18 (17%) | 1/18 (5%) | 3/18 (17%) |
| Female | 79/136 (58%) | 2/136 (1%) | 105/136 (77%) | 21/136 (15%) | 107/136 (78%) | 17/136 (12%) | 0 | 63/136 (46%) | 16/136 (12%) | 24/136 (18%) |
| Ethnicity | ||||||||||
| Mixed or Asian | 51/65 (78%) | 1/65 (2%) | 52/65 (80%) | 13/65 (20%) | 53/62 (85%) | 10/63 (16%) | 0 | 34/65 (52%) | 8/65 (12%) | 10/62 (16%) |
| European | 33/83 (40%) | 1/83 (1%) | 51/83 (61%) | 7/82 (9%) | 51/80 (64%) | 6/83 (7%) | 0 | 32/83 (39%) | 8/83 (10%) | 17/79 (22%) |
| Black African | 4/6 (67%) | 0 | 3/6 (50%) | 1/6 (17%) | 3/6 (50%) | 1/6 (17%) | 0 | 0 | 1/6 (17%) | 0 |
| Chi-square | *p<0.01 | |||||||||
| Annual Income | ||||||||||
| H0 | 4/9 (44%) | 0 | 7/9 (78%) | 1/9 (%) | 7/9 (78%) | 1/9 (11%) | 0 | 5/9 (56%) | 1/9 (11%) | 0 |
| H1-2 | 53/88 (60%) | 1/88 (1%) | 62/88 (70%) | 12/88 (14%) | 61/88 (69%) | 7/88 (8%) | 0 | 36/88 (41%) | 6/88 (7%) | 19/88 (22%) |
| H3 | 1/6 (17%) | 0/6 (0%) | 3/6 (50%) | 0 | 3/6 (50%) | 0 | 0 | 4/6 (67%) | 0 | 1/6 (17%) |
| P | 30/51 (59%) | 1/51 (2%) | 34/49 (69%) | 7/50 (%) | 36/45 (80%) | 9/48 (19%) | 0 | 21/49 (43%) | 2/49 (4%) | 6/46 (13%) |
| Chi-square | – | |||||||||
| Obesity Class | ||||||||||
| Class I-II BMI<40kg/m2 | 3/11 (27%) | 0 | 2/11 (18%) | 1/11 (9%) | 0 | |||||
| Class III or above BMI>40kg/m2 | 85/143 (59%) | 2/143 (1%) | 64/143 (45%) | 16/143 (11%) | 27/143 (19%) | |||||
| Fishers Exact | *p<0.01 | |||||||||
Statistical analysis, Fishers Exact & Chi-square analysis. *p<0.05 indicate significance.