Table 1. Vitamin E intake averages (mg/day) in adolescents, according to age group (in years) and other sociodemographic variables. ISACamp-Nutri, 2015/16.
| Variables and categories | 10 to 13 years old | 14 to 19 years old | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Averagea[IC95%] | p-value | n | Averagea[IC95%] | p-value | |
| Gender | ||||||
| Maleb | 169 | 2.8 [2.5-3.1] | 294 | 3.4 [3.0-3.7] | ||
| Female | 143 | 3.5 [2.8-4.2] | 0.003 | 285 | 3.6 [2.8-4.4] | 0.392 |
| Total | 312 | 3.2 [2.8-3.6] | 579 | 3.5 [3.2-3.8] | ||
| Race/skin color (self-reported) | ||||||
| Whiteb | 169 | 3.1 [2.7-3.5] | 318 | 3.4 [3.1-3.7] | ||
| Non-white | 141 | 3.4 [3.6-4.2] | 0.239 | 259 | 3.6 [2.9-4.4] | 0.410 |
| Education level of the head of household (in years) | ||||||
| Up to 4b | 56 | 3.6 [2.8-4.4] | 121 | 3.3 [2.7-3.9] | ||
| 5 to 8 | 98 | 3.2 [1.6-4.8] | 0.339 | 194 | 3.4 [2.2-4.5] | 0.815 |
| 9 to 11 | 94 | 3.1 [1.5-4.0] | 0.252 | 163 | 3.5 [2.3-4.7] | 0.614 |
| 12 or more | 54 | 3.3 [1.7-5.0] | 0.593 | 96 | 4.1 [2.6-5.7] | 0.107 |
| School attendance | ||||||
| Nob | 11 | 4.0 [2.6-5.5] | 167 | 3.5 [3.0-4.1] | ||
| Yes, public | 247 | 3.2 [2.9-6.0] | 0.203 | 323 | 3.5 [2.4-4.6] | 0.946 |
| Yes, private | 51 | 3.1 [2.8-6.0] | 0.186 | 87 | 3.4 [2.2-4.6] | 0.774 |
| Family income per capita (in minimum wage) | ||||||
| Up to 0.5b | 87 | 3.2 [2.8-3.6] | 147 | 3.3 [2.8-3.7] | ||
| >0.5 to ≤1.0 | 105 | 3.4 [2.5-4.3] | 0.524 | 197 | 3.4 [2.4-4.4] | 0.635 |
| >1.0 to ≤1.5 | 71 | 3.1 [2.3-4.0] | 0.717 | 119 | 3.5 [2.4-4.7] | 0.395 |
| >1.5 | 49 | 3.2 [2.2-4.1] | 0.888 | 116 | 3.9 [2.5-5.3] | 0.209 |
n: number of individuals in the unweighted sample; 95%CI: 95% confidence interval; a adjusted by the total energy of the diet; b reference category used for comparison.