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. 2018 Oct 30;13:192. doi: 10.1186/s13023-018-0923-2

Table 4.

Proportion of Nutrient Intake from MF at Baseline and End of Study

Nutrients < 18 years ≥18 years
Responders Non-responders Responders Non-responders
Mean % (sd)
BL/End
P valuea (change) Mean % (sd)
BL/End
P valuea (change) Mean % (sd)
BL/End
P valuea (change) Mean % (sd)
BL/End
P valuea (change)
Calories from MFb 21.3 (16.4)/ 4.7 (6.0) 0.008 36.1 (10.2)/ 27.0 (20.1) 0.25 19.5 (14.1)/ 4.0 (9.0) 0.06 23.5 (18.3)/ 30.1 (29.6) 0.81
Vitamin B6 38.63 (31.0)/ 12.3 (16.6)) 0.02 69.6 (11.6)/ 55.7 (34.8) 0.46 25.4 (26.9)/9.4 (21.2) 0.43 44.7 (33.6)/ 50.7 (37.7) 0.63
Vitamin B12 47.1 (38.2)/ 22.2 (30.7) 0.02 87.4 (11.1)/ 69.6 (43.7) 0.64 47.1 (41.4)/ 13.1 (31.1) 0.13 62.3 (45.1)/ 61.9 (40.5) 1.0
Folate 46.7 (36.3)/ 15.9 (21.1) 0.02 76.5 (13.2)/ 62.1 (39.3) 0.38 40.2 (35.8)/11.1 (24.4) 0.13 49.5 (36.6)/ 56.8 (40.9) 1.0
Iron 43.2 (34.4)/ 13.1 (16.0) 0.02 74.1 (12.3)/ 59.3 (37.3) 0.38 42.1 (34.9)/ 11.8 (26.1) 0.13 46.6 (35.2)/ 57.8 (39.9) 1.0

BL baseline, MF medical food, sd standard deviation, a p value for change over time obtained from signed rank test, α = 0.05

b Combines primary and secondary MF in calculation of % intake from MF