| Unfortified cereal | Fortified cereal | P valuee | ||||||||
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 | Morning (n = 21) | Evening (n = 16) | Morning (n = 18) | Evening (n = 16) | Cereal type | Timing | Interaction | ||||
 | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD |  |  |  |
Height (cm) | 165 | 6.25 | 165 | 4.06 | 164 | 6.44 | 164 | 6.95 | 0.383 | 0.853 | 0.639 |
Weight (kg) | 59.6 | 5.94 | 59.5 | 7.50 | 62.5 | 11.35 | 60.2 | 10.87 | 0.397 | 0.575 | 0.627 |
BMI (kg/m2) | 21.8 | 2.08 | 22.0 | 3.00 | 23.3 | 3.34 | 22.0 | 2.73 | 0.178 | 0.578 | 0.370 |
Age (y) | 19.0 | 1.06 | 19.1 | 0.70 | 18.6 | 1.09 | 19.1 | 0.74 | 0.494 | 0.225 | 0.304 |
Biochemical and hematological status values | |||||||||||
EGRACa | 1.71 | 0.27 | 1.63 | 0.22 | 1.58 | 0.15 | 1.59 | 0.11 | 0.071 | 0.519 | 0.361 |
Plasma holoTCb (pmol/L) | 40.6 | 16.90 | 40.08 | 15.95 | 34.6 | 12.68 | 34.1 | 14.12 | 0.143 | 0.806 | 0.839 |
Plasma 5MeTHFc (nmol/L) | 14.1 | 7.74 | 17.1 | 8.45 | 17.0 | 9.50 | 17.2 | 6.18 | 0.364 | 0.328 | 0.557 |
Plasma 25(OH)Dd (nmol/L) | 37.1 | 20.72 | 42.6 | 25.63 | 33.8 | 21.87 | 50.3 | 33.34 | 0.632 | 0.062 | 0.316 |
Plasma ferritin (ng/ml) | 23.9 | 13.57 | 18.8 | 15.41 | 19.7 | 11.03 | 17.9 | 13.69 | 0.519 | 0.360 | 0.511 |
Hemoglobin (g/L) | 127 | 7.9 | 128 | 8.3 | 129 | 6.9 | 129 | 9.5 | 0.235 | 0.641 | 0.882 |
Hematocrit | 0.38 | 0.03 | 0.38 | 0.03 | 0.38 | 0.02 | 0.39 | 0.03 | 0.967 | 0.153 | 0.377 |
Mean cell volume (fl) | 85.8 | 3.67 | 84.1 | 5.01 | 83.9 | 3.41 | 84.4 | 4.49 | 0.348 | 0.451 | 0.348 |