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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Apr 22.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Biochem Biophys. 2014 Feb 25;547:37–43. doi: 10.1016/j.abb.2014.02.007

Table 4.

Predictors of baseline micronutrient levels.

Analyte Predictor Baseline direction with increasing predictora Partial r2 p
trLUT Radiation history Higher 0.28 0.03
Tot. tr LUT/ZEA Radiation history Higher 0.24 0.04
tr βCRX Multivitamin intake Higher 0.26 0.04
tr LYC Radiation history Higher 0.37 0.01
DHLYC Multivitamin intake Higher 0.23 0.049
Tot. CAROT Multivitamin intake Higher 0.24 0.04

The bolded values signifies statistical significance (i.e. p < 0.05) between pre-CT and post-CT values.

a

Using the Reg procedure, a stepwise multiple regression with forward entry method was applied where the outcome variable (baseline analyte level) was regressed against multi viatmin intake (yes, no) or radiation history as possible predictors.