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. 2016 Aug 17;13(1):106–112. doi: 10.1080/17290376.2016.1218791

Table 2. Daily micronutrient intake and percentage of DRI (n = 63) – Median and Mean values by food-secure group.

  Median Mean (SD) % of DRI Inferential
Micronutrient Daily intake % of DRI Food-secure
Students
(n = 27)
Food-insecure
Students
(n = 36)
t-Test
p-value
Cohen’s d
Phosphorus 1098 189 226 (67) 178 (50) .002 0.84
Thiamin 1.13 125 149 (53) 116 (48) .011 0.67
Zinc 9.10 115 141 (63) 110 (30) .002 0.66
Calcium 594 74 90 (37) 67 (34) .014 0.64
Riboflavin 1.66 184 257 (171) 168 (119) .017 0.62
Magnesium 269 97 116 (39) 98 (35) .045 0.52
Selenium 42.1 94 127 (61) 99 (58) .068 n/a
Iron 11.2 155 184 (79) 146 (88) .083 n/a
Vitamin B6 1.61 146 169 (82) 138 (63) .089 n/a
Vitamin C 69.0 115 174 (145) 119 (124) .110 n/a
Folate 237 74 99 (53) 79 (57) .134 n/a
Niacin 20.4 179 202 (96) 177 (71) .231 n/a
Vitamin B12 3.50 175 320 (294) 254 (260) .351 n/a
Vitamin D 4.64 46 57 (44) 48 (39) .415 n/a
Vitamin E 10.8 90 114 (60) 105 (68) .610 n/a
Vitamin A 768 149 213 (184) 208 (181) .924 n/a