Table 3.

Dietary intake of zinc and prevalence of inadequacy of zinc intake

(Mean values and standard deviations; percentages with their standard errors)

	Intake of Zn (mg/d)†								Prevalence of inadequate Zn intake (%)‡
	National		Rural		Urban		Slum		National		Rural		Urban		Slum
	Mean	sd	Mean	sd	Mean	sd	Mean	sd	%	se	%	se	%	se	%	se
PSAC	3·1	2·1	3·1	2·1	3·2*	2·0	2·6	1·5	32·6	5·0	33·0	6·5	28·7	5·5	44·1	4·6
NPNLW	4·2	2·5	4·1	2·2	4·6**	2·3	4·1	2·0	91·1	1·5	91·5	1·8	89·2	2·7	91·1	1·7

PSAC, pre-school-age children; NPNLW, non-pregnant non-lactating women.

Mean value was significantly different from that for slum: * P = 0·004, ** P = 0·001.

^†One-way ANOVA.

^‡Inadequate Zn intake: <2 mg/d in PSAC; <7 mg/d in NPNLW⁽¹⁾.