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Relationship between zinc content of last meal consumed before taking blood and mean serum zinc level.
| Zinc content of meal | Mean serum zinc concentration μg/dL (± SD) | F | P-value | ||
| Genotype AA n = 71 | Sickle cell anaemia | ||||
| Steady state n = 71 | Painful crisis n = 71 | ||||
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| Low | 46.7 (37.8) | 29.3 (10.8) | 20.0 (9.9) | 1.9 | .192 |
| Moderate | 40.6 (12.5) | 37.6 (13.0) | 25.7 (10.9) | 23.1 | .000 |
| High | 46.9 (10.8) | 55.4 (11.5) | 34.4 (11.5) | 6.6 | .004 |
