TABLE 2.

Summary statistics for the absorption study data that were modeled¹

	TDZ, mg/d	TDPA, mg/d	TAZ, mg/d	Age, mo	wt, kg	WAZ	Ht, cm	HAZ	BMI, kg/m2	EZP,2mg	EZP/wt, mg/kg	PIZn,2 μg/dL	CRP,2mg/L
Mean	3.88	739	0.86	24.2	10.7	−0.84	80.9	−1.28	16.3	44.9	4.22	69.5	4.64
Median	3.49	490	0.74	24.2	10.6	−0.87	82.0	−1.33	16.2	42.9	3.93	68.6	2.20
SD	2.27	632	0.49	12.1	2.1	1.02	9.3	1.53	1.7	15.6	1.42	14.7	7.79
Range	0.52–12.4	31–2557	0.10–2.66	8–50	6.4–15.8	−3.99–1.95	61.2–103.9	−4.9–3.50	11.8–23.6	7.3–121	0.89–14.3	29.9–119.1	0.01–44.2
Count	236	174	236	235	236	235	225	224	225	226	226	204	147

¹There were 106 male and 128 female subjects (gender was unknown for 2 subjects). CRP, C-reactive protein concentration; EZP, exchangeable zinc pool; EZP/wt, exchangeable zinc pool/body wt; HAZ, height/length-for-age z score; Ht, body length/height; PlZn, plasma zinc concentration; TAZ, total absorbed zinc; TDPA, total dietary phytate (phytic acid); TDZ, total dietary zinc; WAZ, weight-for-age z score.

²Two or less biologically implausible values were removed (see text).