Table 2.

Bivariate correlations between KTEA II performance and lutein and zeaxanthin intake among preadolescent children¹

Carotenoid	Achievement	Reading	Math	Written Language	Reading Fluency
MPOD	0.40**	0.28*	0.35**	0.41**	0.22
Lutein and Zeaxanthin2	0.29	0.16	0.14	0.53**	0.23

¹All are academic achievement composite standard scores based on age norms.

^*P<0.05

^**P<0.01(two-tailed). n=56

²n=35; n=18 did not return food records and n=3 were removed as outliers (two or more standard deviations away from the food record mean)