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Table 5 Correlation between micronutrients and nutritional status in the school children, Meseret school, Gondar, Ethiopia

From: Micronutrient levels and nutritional status of school children living in Northwest 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

  1. *Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).
  2. **Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).
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