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. 2020 Jul 4;12(7):1994. doi: 10.3390/nu12071994

Table 5.

Mean nutrient adequacy ratio of specific nutrients in ELANS.

Nutrient Overall DDS < 5 DDS ≥ 5 p η2 (%) r 1 p
Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD
Magnesium 0.788 0.18 0.725 0.19 0.836 0.16 0.001 9 0.361 0.001
Vitamin A 0.879 0.19 0.813 0.22 0.928 0.14 0.001 9 0.352 0.001
Vitamin C 0.873 0.21 0.799 0.25 0.928 0.15 0.001 9 0.334 0.001
Pyridoxine 0.973 0.08 0.952 0.11 0.989 0.05 0.001 5 0.273 0.001
Vitamin D 0.342 0.20 0.292 0.18 0.380 0.21 0.001 4 0.269 0.001
Cooper 0.982 0.07 0.968 0.09 0.993 0.04 0.001 3 0.216 0.001
Zinc 0.976 0.78 0.960 0.10 0.988 0.05 0.001 3 0.204 0.001
Calcium 0.684 0.45 0.594 0.49 0.750 0.43 0.001 3 0.201 0.001
Phosphorus 0.977 0.08 0.962 0.10 0.989 0.05 0.001 3 0.194 0.001
Folate 0.702 0.17 0.736 0.19 0.677 0.17 0.001 3 −0.205 0.001
Riboflavin 0.987 0.06 0.978 0.08 0.994 0.04 0.001 2 0.183 0.001
Cobalamin 0.980 0.86 0.968 0.11 0.990 0.06 0.001 2 0.174 0.001
Iron 0.976 0.08 0.964 0.10 0.986 0.06 0.001 2 0.162 0.001
Vitamin E 0.031 0.02 0.029 0.02 0.033 0.02 0.001 2 0.148 0.001
Thiamin 0.989 0.06 0.982 0.07 0.994 0.04 0.001 1 0.142 0.001
Niacin 0.996 0.03 0.993 0.04 0.999 0.02 0.001 0.7 0.115 0.001
Selenium 0.998 0.02 0.998 0.02 0.999 0.02 0.135 0.1 0.047 0.004
MAR 0.806 0.06 0.807 0.07 0.850 0.05 0.0001 11 0.393 0.0001

NAR: nutrient adequacy ratio. MAR: The mean adequacy ratio. DDS < 5: non-diverse diet. DD ≥ 5: diverse diet. SD: Standard deviation. η2: Eta squared coefficients for estimating the effect size. 1 Pearson correlation coefficients (r) were calculated between each NAR values and the DDS for the whole sample.