Table 2.
Partial correlation coefficients for dietary iron, zinc and magnesium intakes in 5323 participants from the China Nutrition and Health Survey (CNHS) and Shanghai Diet and Health Survey (SDHS) 1,2.
Total Iron | Haem Iron | Non-haem Iron | Zinc | Magnesium | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total Iron | 1 | 0.42 | 0.99 | 0.71 | 0.82 |
Haem Iron | 1 | 0.31 | 0.54 | 0.31 | |
Nonhaem Iron | 1 | 0.68 | 0.82 | ||
Zinc | 1 | 0.79 | |||
Magnesium | 1 |
1 Correlations were adjusted for age and sex. 2 All coefficients are significant at the 0.05 level.