Table 4.

Vitamin intake in the studied children during their stay at preschool

Nutrient	Reference values	Girls (n = 63)		Boys (n = 65)		All children (n = 128)		P	Girls (n = 63)		Boys (n = 65)		All children (n = 128)
		Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD		Median	SE	Median	SE	Median	SE
Vitamin A (retinol equivalent) (μg)	210a	347	133	357	144	352	138	NS	349	17	352	18	350	12
Retinol (μg)	NA	164	52	177	72	171	63	NS	167	7	172	9	167	6
Beta-carotene (μg)	NA	1099	576	1082	520	1090	546	NS	1037	73	928	65	1015	48
Vitamin D (μg)	7a	0.59	0.21	0.59	0.25	0.59	0.23	NS	0.58	0.03	0.58	0.03	0.58	0.02
Vitamin E (mg)	4.2b	2.42	0.76	2.20	0.77	2.31	0.77	NS	2.38	0.10	2.12	0.10	2.26	0.07
Vitamin B1 (mg)	0.35a	0.393	0.129	0.367	0.118	0.380	0.123	NS	0.382	0.016	0.362	0.015	0.374	0.011
Vitamin B2 (mg)	0.35a	0.568	0.186	0.574	0.200	0.571	0.193	NS	0.584	0.023	0.577	0.025	0.580	0.017
Vitamin B6 (mg)	0.35a	0.59	0.19	0.56	0.17	0.57	0.18	NS	0.60	0.02	0.57	0.02	0.57	0.02
Folate (μg)	112a	86.9	24.4	82.7	23.7	84.8	24.0	NS	86.1	3.1	83.7	2.9	85.9	2.1
Vitamin B12 (μg)	0.7a	0.92	0.34	0.95	0.39	0.94	0.37	NS	0.93	0.04	0.93	0.05	0.93	0.03
Niacin (mg)	4.2a	3.90	1.33	3.56	1.12	3.72	1.24	NS	3.57	0.17	3.55	0.14	3.56	0.11
Vitamin C (mg)	28a	29.5	9.2	27.4	7.9	28.5	8.6	NS	31.1	1.2	26.0	1.0	28.4	0.8

NA not available, P significance; NS, P > 0.05

^a70 % EAR

^b70 % AI