Table 8.
Predicted probability of Zn adequacy of hypothetical animal subjects using the above ZSI example 3 1.
| Hypothetical Subject |
LA:DGLA (x1) | Δ6-Desaturase (x2) | ZIP9 (x3) | Predicted Probability of Zn Adequacy (p) | Estimated Zn Status | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percentile | Value (AU) | Percentile | Value (AU) | Percentile | Value (AU) | |||
| Subject 3A | 80 | 70 | 50 | 197 | 50 | 31 | 0.28 | Moderately Zn deficient |
| Subject 3B | 20 | 38 | 50 | 197 | 50 | 31 | 0.67 | Minimally Zn adequate |
| Subject 3C | 80 | 70 | 20 | 153 | 50 | 31 | 0.60 | Mildly Zn deficient |
| Subject 3D | 80 | 70 | 50 | 197 | 90 | 45 | 0.016 | Severely Zn deficient |
1 Note that in all these hypothetical scenarios we assume that the data have been standardized relative to a reference experiment.