Table 4 Adjusted means (95% CI) for micronutrients in children (age < 10 years vs. age 10–17 years) measured between 1987 and 2020.

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

 

Age < 10 years

Age 10–17 years

Age 10–17 years vs. Age < 10 years

N

Adj. Mean

95% CI

N

Adj. Mean

95% CI

Adj. Diff

95% CI

P

B-Mg (mmol/L)

1179

1.43

1.42–1.44

1552

1.42

1.41–1.42

− 0.02

− 0.03 to − 0.01

0.001

B-Mn (μmol/L)

953

0.201

0.196–0.205

1192

0.194

0.190–0.198

− 0.006

− 0.011 to − 0.001

0.016

B-Zn (μmol/L)

1585

70.6

70.0–71.2

1867

78.0

77.4–78.7

7.5

6.6 to 8.4

 < 0.001

E-Cu (mol/L)

1013

11.23

11.14–11.32

1344

10.78

10.68–10.88

− 0.45

− 0.58 to − 0.32

 < 0.001

fS-A-vit (μmol/L)

1201

1.36

1.33–1.39

1415

1.70

1.66–1.73

0.34

0.30 to 0.37

 < 0.001

 

N

Adj. GM

95% CI

N

Adj. GM

95% CI

Adj. RGM

95% CI

P

B-Se (μmol/L)

1534

1.74

1.72–1.77

1862

1.82

1.79–1.85

1.05

1.02 to 1.07

 < 0.001

fS-BKarot (μmol/L)

916

0.75

0.72–0.79

1274

0.60

0.58–0.63

0.80

0.75 to 0.85

 < 0.001

fS-Q10 (μmol/L)

1012

1.03

1.00–1.06

1413

0.94

0.92–0.96

0.91

0.88 to 0.94

 < 0.001

S-D3-25 (nmol/L)

684

68.5

66.5–70.6

902

60.2

58.6–61.8

0.88

0.84 to 0.92

 < 0.001

  1. Adjustment was based on the general linear model, where age group (10–17 years vs. < 10 years) and 5-year time periods were included as categorical covariates. B-Se, fS-BKarot, fS-Q10 and S-D3-25 were logarithmically transformed before analysis.
  2. GM geometric mean, RGM ratio of geometric means.
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