Table 5 |
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| Correlation between micronutrients and nutritional status in the school children, Meseret school, Gondar, Ethiopia | |||
| Trace elements | Height-for-age | Weight-for-age | BMI-for-age |
| Magnesium (mg/dl) | 0.212* | 0.003 | −0.189 |
| Calcium (mg/dl) | 0.161 | −0.026 | −0.150 |
| Iron (μg/dl) | 0.139 | 0.033 | −0.035 |
| Copper (μg/dl) | 0.275** | 0.033 | −0.224 |
| Zinc (μg/dl) | −0.020 | 0.092 | 0.086 |
| Cu/Zn ratio | 0.126 | −0.145 | −0.244 |
| Selenium (μg/dl) | −0.159 | 0.018 | 0.115 |
| Molybdenum (μg/dl) | 0.275** | 0.083 | −0.130 |
*Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).
**Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).
Amare et al. Nutrition Journal 2012 11:108 doi:10.1186/1475-2891-11-108
