Table 5.
Intake of animal-source zinc and phytate by socio-economic status (SES) and household food insecurity
(Mean values and standard deviations)
| Intake of animal-source Zn (mg/d) | 7-d intake of phytate (mg) | Household spending (USD/month) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean‡ | sd | Mean‡ | sd | Mean‡ | sd | |
| NPNLW | ||||||
| Poorest | 0·8a | 0·7 | 3388 | 1693 | 76·8a | 30·4 |
| Middle | 1·4b | 1·1 | 3533 | 1367 | 125·5b | 57·1 |
| Richest | 2·1c | 1·2 | 3521 | 1335 | 225·9c | 121·3 |
| PSAC | ||||||
| Poorest | 0·6a | 0·7 | 1636 | 698 | 76·3a | 28·9 |
| Middle | 1·3b | 0·8 | 1782 | 712 | 124·3b | 72·1 |
| Richest | 1·8c | 1·1 | 1546 | 659 | 212·5c | 111·1 |
| NPNLW | ||||||
| FS | 1·6 | 1·1 | 3524 | 1364 | 146·1 | 96·9 |
| MI | 0·9* | 0·8 | 3626 | 1806 | 101·9* | 48·9 |
| SI | 0·7* | 0·7 | 3281 | 1634 | 98·7* | 58·5 |
| PSAC | ||||||
| FS | 1·5 | 1·0 | 1700 | 574 | 144·4 | 92·1 |
| MI | 0·9*† | 0·9 | 1756 | 1126 | 95·2* | 41·9 |
| SI | 0·5* | 0·5 | 1562 | 765 | 81·1* | 49·8 |
USD, US dollars; NPNLW, non-pregnant non-lactating women; PSAC, pre-school-age children; FS, food secure; MI, moderate insecure; SI, severe insecure.
a,b,c Mean values within a column within a category with unlike letters were significantly different (P < 0·001).
*
Mean value was significantly different from that for FS (P < 0·001).
†
Mean value was significantly different from that for SI (P = 0·001).
‡
One-way ANOVA.