Table 2.

Correlations among (A) zinc intake versus energy, protein, fat, carbohydrate, fiber, calcium, and iron intakes, (B) serum zinc versus energy, protein, fat, carbohydrate, fiber, calcium, iron, and zinc intakes, and (C) serum zinc versus weight-for-age, height-for-age, BMI-for-age

A	Zinc intake versus
	Energy intake	Protein intake	Fat intake	Carbohydrate intake	Fiber intake	Calcium intake	Iron intake
r	0.3199	0.2878	0.5026	0.2257	0.1462	0.3501	0.3713
p	0.0019*	0.0054*	0.0001*	0.0305*	0.0465*	0.0006*	0.0003*
B	Serum zinc versus
	Energy intake	Protein intake	Fat intake	Carbohydrate intake	Fiber intake	Calcium intake	Iron intake	Zinc intake
r	0.1204	0.2543	0.0211	0.0009	0.0000	−0.0475	−0.0645	−0.0714
p	0.2530	0.0145*	0.8417	0.9255	0.9998	0.6528	0.5407	0.4988
C	Serum zinc versus
	Weight-for-age			Height-for-age			BMI-for-age
r	0.0110			−0.0255			0.0027
p	0.9003			0.7722			0.9750

Statistical parameters after correlation analysis: r=Spearman r

^*p = significant.