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Table 4 Relative percentage of individual carotenoids in plasma of children from Europe and Laos (geometric mean – (geometric SD_U))

From: Vitamin A, carotenoid and vitamin E plasma concentrations in children from Laos in relation to sex and growth failure

 

Europe

Laos

N

101

81

Lutein

10.0 (5.998)

64.6 (49.6) ***

Zeaxanthin

0.6 (0.4)

0.3 (0.0)

β-Cryptoxanthin

4.6 (2.1)

0.4 (0.0) *

α-Carotene

18.6 (14.2)

0.1 (0.0)

β-Carotene

45.7 (35.3)

0.8 (0.0) ***

Lycopen

11.5 (5.2)

0.0 (0.0) *

  1. * P < 0.05 *** P < 0.001
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Nutrition Journal

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