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Table 8 Daily intake of micronutrients following interventiona

From: Fortified breakfast cereal consumed daily for 12 wk leads to a significant improvement in micronutrient intake and micronutrient status in adolescent girls: a randomised controlled trial

Nutrient

Unfortified cereal (n = 37)

Fortified cereal (n = 34)

P valueb

 

Pre-intervention

Post-intervention

Pre-intervention

Post-intervention

 
 

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

 

Vitamin B1 (mg)

1.1 (0.40)

1.3 (0.35)**

1.2 (0.50)

2.2 (0.36)**

<0.001

Vitamin B2 (mg)

1.0 (0.41)

1.4 (0.35)**

1.2 (0.43)

2.7 (0.50)**

<0.001

Niacin (mg)

25 (8.1)

27 (9.0)

27 (11.1)

41 (10.3)**

<0.001

Vitamin B6 (mg)

1.2 (0.45)

1.8 (0.40)**

1.3 (0.53)

3.0 (0.64)**

<0.001

Vitamin B12 (μg)

3.1 (1.81)

2.8 (1.09)

2.8 (1.44)

4.1 (1.78)**

<0.001

Folate (μg)

148 (55)

151 (61)

171 (69)

314 (54)**

<0.001

Vitamin D (μg)

1.5 (1.35)

1.6 (0.91)

1.8 (1.28)

5.5 (1.32)**

0.007

Calcium (mg)

677 (282)

822 (248)**

713 (282)

775 (177)

<0.001

Sodium (mg)

2419 (7367)

2528 (631)

2335 (863)

2576 (637)

0.628

Iron (mg)

8.3 (2.47)

7.7 (2.37)

8.9 (2.86)

13.1 (2.31)**

<0.001

  1. **significantly higher than pre-intervention (paired t test; P < 0.05)
  2. anutrient intakes determined using 4-day estimated diet diaries, aided by the use of portion size booklets
  3. bsignificance of difference between cereal groups corrected for baseline values (ANOVA)