TABLE 3.
The calculated nutrient intake in rural and urban areas in Iran.
| Nutrition | Rural areas |
Urban areas |
Difference | ||||||
| Average | S.E. | Max | Min | Average | S.E. | Max | Min | ||
| Calorie (cal) | 3615 | 258.3 | 5178 | 1859 | 3280 | 239.3 | 5455 | 1553 | −6.92*** |
| Protein (gr) | 94 | 18.05 | 125 | 55 | 82 | 15.06 | 116 | 49 | −10.7*** |
| Calcium (milli-gr) | 747 | 145.4 | 1022 | 422 | 689 | 134.5 | 1013 | 412 | −8.02*** |
| Iron (milli-gr) | 23 | 4.58 | 33 | 14 | 21 | 4.24 | 31 | 13 | −6.74*** |
| Vitamin A (micro-gr) | 1558 | 403.9 | 2606 | 675 | 1718 | 402.4 | 2412 | 799 | 4.84*** |
| Vitamin C (milli-gr) | 96 | 26.13 | 675 | 54 | 103 | 25.18 | 153 | 49 | 2.87*** |
***Indicates significance at 1% level. Cal, calorie; Gr, gram; mili-gr, milligram; and micro-gr, microgram.