Table 1 Pearson’s correlation coefficients (R) between the calendar year and micronutrients in adults and children.

From: Long-term nutritional trends in the Finnish population estimated from a large laboratory database from 1987 to 2020

Year vs. micronutrient

Adults

Children

R

P value

N

R

P value

N

B-Mg

0.24

 < 0.001

48,372

0.16

 < 0.001

2,731

B-Mn

− 0.03

 < 0.001

39,433

− 0.02

0.34

2,145

B-Zn

0.19

 < 0.001

51,396

0.17

 < 0.001

3,452

E-Cu

0.02

 < 0.001

42,741

− 0.03

0.10

2,357

fS-A-Vit

0.06

 < 0.001

34,802

0.02

0.20

2,616

ln-(B-Se)

0.11

 < 0.001

53,464

0.05

0.01

3,396

ln-(fS-Bkarot)

0.01

0.04

32,950

− 0.06

0.005

2,191

ln (fS-Q10)

0.19

 < 0.001

39,693

0.14

 < 0.001

2,425

ln (S-D-25)

0.44

 < 0.001

19,693

0.41

 < 0.001

1,586

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