Table 6.

Iron intake (mg/day) by geographical distribution.

Geographical Distribution (Nielsen Areas)	Iron (mg/Day)
Barcelona (Metropolitan Area)	10.8 (8.8–13.1)
Canary Islands	10.1 (7.8–13.3)
Center	9.9 (8.2–13.2)
East	10.6 (8.3–13.2)
Madrid (Metropolitan Area)	10.2 * (8.1–12.7)
Northeast	10.9 (8.7–13.4)
Northwest	10.6 (8.6–12.7)
North Central	11.4 (9.6–14.0)
South	10.1 ** (8.2–12.4)

Values are median (interquartile range per group); * p < 0.05 difference vs. North Central (Bonferroni test); ** p < 0.01 difference vs. North Central (Mann-Whitney’s U test).