Table 7.
Dietary intake of zinc and serum levels of zinc
(Mean values with their standard errors)
| Intake of Zn (mg/d) | Serum Zn (μmol/l) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intake levels of Zn (mg/d) | Mean* | se | Mean* | se |
| PSAC | ||||
| 2·5–3·49 | 3·0 | 0·04 | 9·74 | 0·24 |
| 3·5–4·49 | 3·9 | 0·03 | 9·81 | 0·26 |
| 4·5–5·49 | 4·9 | 0·05 | 10·18 | 0·50 |
| 5·5–6·49 | 6·1 | 0·07 | 10·42 | 0·66 |
| NPNLW | ||||
| 2·5–3·49 | 2·9 | 0·03 | 10·16 | 0·14 |
| 3·5–4·49 | 4·0 | 0·03 | 9·74 | 0·23 |
| 4·5–5·49 | 5·0 | 0·02 | 9·66 | 0·27 |
| 5·5–6·49 | 6·0 | 0·04 | 10·29 | 0·46 |
| 6·5–7·49 | 7·0 | 0·04 | 10·77 | 0·38 |
| 7·5–8·49 | 7·9 | 0·06 | 10·19 | 0·58 |
PSAC, pre-school-age children; NPNLW, non-pregnant non-lactating women.
*
One-way ANOVA.