. 2020 Dec 21;16(Suppl 3):e13046. doi: 10.1111/mcn.13046

TABLE 3.

Probability of adequacy (PA) and mean probability of adequacy (MPA) among the study population

PA	1–7 years mean ± SD	8–12 years mean ± SD	13–17 years mean ± SD	WRA (NPNL) 18–49 years mean ± SD	p value
n	130	82	98	259
Vitamin A	0.06^a ± 0.19	0.15^b ± 0.34	0.13^b ± 0.28	0.13^b ± 0.32	0.021
Vitamin E	0.02^a ± 0.13	0.001^a ± 0.01	0.01^a ± 0.10	0.04^a ± 0.14	0.08
Vitamin C	0.63^a ± 0.46	0.63^a ± 0.43	0.60^a ± 0.44	0.56^a ± 0.44	0.43
Vitamin B1	0.22^a ± 0.36	0.56^b ± 0.45	0.64^b ± 0.41	0.59^b ± 0.41	<0.001
Vitamin B2	0.51^a ± 0.44	0.66^b ± 0.46	0.89^c ± 0.23	0.79^d ± 0.36	<0.001
Vitamin B3	0.34^a ± 0.37	0.62^b ± 0.42	0.80^c ± 0.25	0.79^c ± 0.28	<0.001
Vitamin B6	0.58^a ± 0.43	0.70^b ± 0.41	0.94^c ± 0.18	0.77^b ± 0.38	<0.001
Dietary folate	0.41^a ± 0.45	0.63^b ± 0.43	0.71^b ± 0.42	0.66^b ± 0.44	<0.001
Calcium	0.13^a ± 0.30	0.05^b ± 0.18	0.20^a ± 0.28	0.62^c ± 0.41	0.002
Zinc	0.80^a ± 0.34	0.81^a ± 0.32	0.95^b ± 0.17	0.98^b ± 0.11	<0.001
Iron	0.55^a ± 0.46	0.75^b ± 0.41	0.89^c ± 0.27	0.86^c ± 0.30	<0.001
Phosphorous	0.68^a ± 0.43	0.31^b ± 0.42	0.50^c ± 0.43	0.96^d ± 0.17	<0.001
MPA	0.41^a ± 0.24	0.49^b ± 0.26	0.61^c ± 0.16	0.65^d ± 0.72	<0.001

Note. Mean values across different groups were compared by one way ANOVA (p < 0.05) with post hoc least significant difference test and the significance differences are indicated by different superscript letters.

Abbreviations: NPNL, nonpregnant nonlactating; SD, standard deviation; WRA, women of reproductive age;.