Table 4.

The percentages of the studied 6-year-old children in the reference ranges for mineral intakes

Nutrient	Girls ( n  = 64)	Boys ( n  = 56)	All children ( n  = 120)	P
	%	%	%
Calcium
Below EAR	76.6	66.1	71.7	0.203
Above UL	0.0	0.0	0.0	#
Phosphorus
Below EAR	0.0	0.0	0.0	#
Above UL	0.0	0.0	0.0	#
Magnesium
Below EAR	0.0	0.0	0.0	#
Sodium
Below AI	0.0	0.0	0.0	#
Above UL	100.0	100.0	100.0	#
Potassium
Below AI	92.2	83.9	88.3	0.160
Iron
Below EAR	0.0	0.0	0.0	#
Above UL	0.0	0.0	0.0	#
Zinc
Below EAR	1.6	0.0	0.8	0.350
Above UL	3.1	5.4	4.2	0.543
Copper
Below EAR	0.0	0.0	0.0	#
Above UL	0.0	0.0	0.0	#
Manganese
Below AI	0.0	0.0	0.0	#
Above UL	46.9	57.1	51.7	0.261
Iodine
Below EAR	0.0	0.0	0.0	#
Above UL	0.0	0.0	0.0	#

P – significance;

# – P cannot be calculated when percentage is 0.0 or 100.0.