Table 3.

Intake of micronutrients by sex, age, and anthropometric indicator

Intake of micronutrients (n 2428)	Sex			Age group (in years)			Anthropometric indicator
	Male	Female	P-value	6–11	12–16	P-value	Normal	Severe thinness or thinness	Overweight or obese or severely obese	P-value
Calcium (in mg)
Mean	300⋅2	268⋅5	<0⋅001	281⋅1	287⋅6	0⋅46	278⋅6	248⋅8	342⋅3	<0⋅001
Median, IQR	248⋅9, 255⋅5	225⋅9, 218⋅3	0⋅005	234⋅6, 233⋅4	241⋅9, 239⋅8	0⋅36	236⋅6, 227⋅9	211⋅5, 188⋅7	301⋅1, 326⋅5	<0⋅001
Inadequate intake n, %a	1117, 92⋅3	1151, 94⋅5	0⋅03	1116, 90⋅4	1152, 96⋅6	<0⋅001	1583, 94⋅1	347, 96⋅7	338, 87⋅3	<0⋅001
Iron (in mg)
Mean	9⋅2	8⋅1	<0⋅001	8⋅2	9⋅1	<0⋅001	8⋅7	8⋅2	8⋅6	0⋅14
Median, IQR	8⋅5, 5⋅7	7⋅6, 4⋅7	<0⋅001	7⋅7, 4⋅8	8⋅5, 5⋅7	<0⋅001	8⋅1, 5⋅2	7⋅5, 5⋅0	8⋅2, 5⋅2	0⋅07
Inadequate intake n, %a	956, 79⋅0	1144, 93⋅9	<0⋅001	1026, 83⋅1	1074, 90⋅0	<0⋅001	1451, 86⋅3	314, 87⋅5	335, 86⋅6	0⋅83
Zinc (in mg)
Mean	4⋅8	4⋅1	<0⋅001	4⋅2	4⋅7	<0⋅001	4⋅5	4⋅7	4⋅0	<0⋅001
Median, IQR	4⋅7, 3⋅7	4⋅1, 3⋅1	<0⋅001	4⋅1, 3⋅0	4⋅6, 3⋅8	<0⋅001	4⋅4, 3⋅2	4⋅6, 3⋅1	3⋅5, 4⋅6	<0⋅001
Inadequate intake n, %a	972, 80⋅3	1067, 87⋅6	<0⋅001	925, 74⋅9	1114, 93⋅4	<0⋅001	1409, 83⋅8	309, 86⋅1	321, 82⋅9	0⋅47
Selenium (in mcg)
Mean	53⋅5	44⋅5	<0⋅001	45⋅9	52⋅2	<0⋅001	49⋅5	51⋅9	44⋅2	0⋅01
Median, IQR	46⋅7, 52⋅7	39⋅8, 43⋅8	<0⋅001	40⋅9, 44⋅2	46⋅1, 53⋅3	0⋅004	43⋅7, 47⋅5	45⋅1, 44⋅6	38⋅2, 55⋅2	0⋅003
Inadequate intake n, %a	350, 47⋅7	383, 52⋅3	0⋅18	382, 52⋅1	351, 47⋅9	0⋅42	497, 29⋅5	93, 25⋅9	143, 37⋅0	0⋅003
Vitamin A (in mcg)
Mean	124⋅8	110⋅0	0⋅005	118⋅4	116⋅4	0⋅71	116⋅4	114⋅7	124⋅3	0⋅50
Median, IQR	91⋅6, 152⋅8	78⋅3, 139⋅9	0⋅01	87⋅3, 143⋅0	83⋅7, 148⋅7	0⋅53	84⋅0, 147⋅8	78⋅1, 154⋅0	93⋅8, 138⋅2	0⋅77
Inadequate intake n, %a	1144, 94⋅5	1187, 97⋅5	<0⋅001	1166, 94⋅4	1165, 97⋅7	<0⋅001	1618, 96⋅2	346, 96⋅4	367, 94⋅8	0⋅43
Folate (in mcg)
Mean	165⋅5	151⋅1	0⋅07	146⋅4	170⋅6	0⋅002	159⋅9	160⋅1	149⋅8	0⋅64
Median, IQR	128⋅7, 122⋅0	114⋅5, 108⋅1	<0⋅001	113⋅2, 106⋅3	130⋅2, 129⋅2	0⋅001	122⋅2, 112⋅1	120⋅9, 103⋅2	116⋅4, 147⋅0	0⋅42
Inadequate intake n, %a	869, 71⋅8	924, 75⋅9	0⋅02	867, 70⋅2	926, 77⋅6	<0⋅001	1245, 74⋅0	281, 78⋅3	267, 69⋅0	0⋅02
Vitamin B12 (in mcg)
Mean	0⋅5	0⋅5	0⋅90	0⋅5	0⋅5	0⋅21	0⋅5	0⋅4	0⋅7	0⋅05
Median, IQR	0⋅04, 0⋅3	0⋅04, 0⋅3	0⋅72	0⋅05, 0⋅3	0⋅04, 0⋅3	0⋅20	0⋅0, 0⋅3	0⋅03, 0⋅2	0⋅2, 0⋅6	<0⋅001
Inadequate intake n, %a	1144, 94⋅5	1149, 94⋅3	0⋅82	1177, 95⋅3	1116, 93⋅5	0⋅06	1590, 94⋅5	341, 95⋅0	362, 93⋅5	0⋅66
Vitamin D (in mcg)
Mean	0⋅4	0⋅3	0⋅17	0⋅4	0⋅3	0⋅44	0⋅4	0⋅5	0⋅3	<0⋅001
Median, IQR	0⋅0, 0⋅6	0⋅1, 0⋅5	0⋅95	0⋅0, 0⋅6	0⋅1, 0⋅5	0⋅96	0⋅1, 0⋅5	0⋅2, 0⋅7	0⋅0, 0⋅3	<0⋅001
Inadequate intake n, %a	1209, 49⋅8	1218, 50⋅2	0⋅32	1235, 50⋅9	1192, 49⋅1	0⋅31	1682, 100⋅0	358, 99⋅7	387, 100⋅0	0⋅06

^aPercentage shown for inadequate intake is column percent.