[Table/Fig-2]:
Zinc status | Siblings n (%) |
Controls n (%) |
p-value* |
---|---|---|---|
Severe zinc deficiency (<50 ug/dl) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | - |
Marginal Hypozincaemia (50-70 ug/dl) | 28(13.9) | 7(5.4) | 0.035 |
Normozincaemia (>70-129 ug/dl) | 164(81.6) | 120(92.3) | 0.170 |
Hyperzincaemia (>130 ug/dl) | 9(4.5) | 3(2.3) | 0.234 |
*Chi-square test