Table 3.
Vitamin D intake according to general characteristics of Mexican children aged 1–11 years, Mexican National Health and Nutrition Survey 2012 (ENSANUT-2012)
| Pre-school children (1–4 years)† | School-age children (5–11 years)‡ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intake (IU/d)§ | Intake (IU/d)§ | ||||||
| Variable | Mean | se | 95 % CI | Mean | se | 95 % CI | |
| Total | 135·2 | 3·6 | 128·5, 141·8 | 114·0 | 2·4 | 108·9, 118·9 | |
| Age (years) | |||||||
| 1–2 | 130·8 | 4·8 | 121·3, 140·2 | 5–8 | 120·2b | 3·8 | 112·6, 127·7 |
| 3–4 | 139·4 | 4·7 | 130·2, 148·7 | 9–11 | 106·1a | 3·1 | 100·0, 112·2 |
| Sex | |||||||
| Male | 136·3 | 5·0 | 126·4, 146·2 | 112·9 | 3·5 | 106·0, 119·8 | |
| Female | 134·0 | 4·2 | 126·0, 142·2 | 114·9 | 3·9 | 107·3, 122·5 | |
| BMI | |||||||
| n 1241 | n 1300 | ||||||
| Normal | 133·1b | 3·8 | 125·5, 140·6 | Normal | 110·4b | 3·3 | 104·0, 116·8 |
| Overweight | 159·9a | 7·3 | 145·6, 174·2 | Overweight/obesity | 119·1a | 4·1 | 111·1, 127·1 |
| Area | |||||||
| Urban | 145·6b | 4·3 | 137·2, 154·0 | 125·0b | 3·2 | 118·8, 131·2 | |
| Rural | 110·9a | 4·9 | 101·2, 120·5 | 87·2a | 3·9 | 79·4, 95·0 | |
| Region | |||||||
| North | 154·4d | 6·0 | 142·7, 166·2 | 129·1c,d | 5·8 | 117·7, 140·4 | |
| Central | 138·4d | 5·6 | 127·4, 149·5 | 117·5c,d | 4·3 | 109·1, 126·0 | |
| Mexico City | 156·6d | 13·2 | 130·7, 182·5 | 148·0a,b,d | 6·4 | 135·1, 160·3 | |
| South | 110·4a,b | 4·8 | 101·0, 119·8 | 85·7a,b,c | 4·2 | 77·6, 93·9 | |
| Ethnicity | |||||||
| n 633 | |||||||
| Indigenous | 40·9b | 5·8 | 29·4, 52·4 | 45·0b | 4·6 | 36·0, 54·0 | |
| Non-indigenous | 145·1a | 5·0 | 135·3, 155·0 | 117·8a | 2·6 | 112·7, 123·0 | |
| Socio-economic status | |||||||
| Low | 110·9b,c | 4·7 | 101·6, 120·2 | 82·2b,c | 4·0 | 74·4, 90·0 | |
| Medium | 138·5ª,c | 5·9 | 127·0, 150·0 | 116·1a,c | 4·1 | 108·0, 124·2 | |
| High | 161·7a,b | 6·9 | 148·2, 175·2 | 143·0a | 4·3 | 134·4, 151·5 | |
a,b,c,dMean values within a column with unlike superscript letters were significantly different (P<0·05).
n 1325; n expanded 8 744 340
n 1370; n expanded 15 838 145.
To convert to µg/d, divide IU/d value by 40.