Table 4.
Relationship between sociodemographic characteristics and total antioxidant minerals and vitamin intakes of the two subpopulations.
| Reference Group (REF) | Fortified Milk Consumers (FMCs) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total n = 687 |
Total n = 726 |
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| (g/day) | Mean | β | CI (95%) | p | Mean | β | CI (95%) | p |
| Zinc | 6.9294 | 8.4380 | ||||||
| Geographical area | −0.053 | (−0.130)–0.024 | 0.003 * | 0.021 | (−0.078)–0.120 | 0.675 | ||
| Family income | 0.087 | (−0.091)–0.266 | 0.001 * | −0.004 | (−0.240)–0.232 | 0.973 | ||
| Higher level of parents’ education | 0.012 | (−0.124)–0.147 | 0.000 * | −0.010 | (−0.190)–0.169 | 0.908 | ||
| Selenium | 58.9901 | 51.5507 | ||||||
| Geographical area | −1.235 | (−2.066)–(−0.404) | 0.004 * | −0.496 | (−1.245)–0.252 | 0.193 | ||
| Family income | 1.412 | (−0.511)–3.334 | 0.003 * | 1.428 | (−0.357)–3.212 | 0.117 | ||
| Higher level of parents’ education | 0.147 | (−1.315)–1.609 | 0.000 * | −0.786 | (−2.142)–0.570 | 0.256 | ||
| Vitamin A | 625.8606 | 719.4928 | ||||||
| Geographical area | −6.088 | (−23.872)–11.696 | 0.502 | −0.607 | (−14.012)–12.798 | 0.929 | ||
| Family income | 14.509 | (−26.639)–55.656 | 0.489 | 3.467 | (−28.493)–35.427 | 0.831 | ||
| Higher level of parents’ education | 36.387 | 5.099–67.675 | 0.023 * | −2.160 | (−26.448)–22.127 | 0.861 | ||
| Vitamin C | 73.8804 | 107.0817 | ||||||
| Geographical area | 2.086 | 0.786–3.387 | 0.002 * | 2.577 | 1.210–3.944 | 0.000 * | ||
| Family income | 0.420 | (−2.589)–3.429 | 0.784 | 1.951 | (−1.308)–5.210 | 0.240 | ||
| Higher level of parents’ education | 3.122 | 0.834–5.410 | 0.008 * | 0.535 | (−1.942)–3.012 | 0.672 | ||
| Vitamin E | 4.8900 | 8.6167 | ||||||
| Geographical area | −0.108 | (−0.203)–(−0.013) | 0.026 * | −0.078 | (−0.183)–0.026 | 0.141 | ||
| Family income | 0.107 | (−0.113)–0.327 | 0.342 | −0.107 | (−0.355)–0.142 | 0.399 | ||
| Higher level of parents’ education | −0.079 | (−0.246)–0.089 | 0.356 | 0.035 | (−0.154)–0.223 | 0.719 | ||
Results are expressed as mean, beta standardized coefficient (β), confidence interval (CI) (95%), and p-values < 0.05 were considered statistically significant and are marked with an asterisk (*) symbol. Estimation of the parameters was achieved using covariance analysis.