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Table 2 Associations of age and sex with plasma zinc level

From: Plasma zinc levels, anthropometric and socio-demographic characteristics of school children in eastern Nepal

Variables

Regression coefficient (β)

Standard error

95% Confidence intervals

P value

Step 1

 

Constant

10.5

1.5

 

Age

−0.4

0.1

−0.7 - -0.07

0.01

Step 2

  

Constant

10.6

1.5

Age

−0.3

0.1

−0.7 - -0.5

0.02

Sex

−1.6

0.6

−0.1 - 0.7

0.4

  1. Pair-wise differences of zinc levels between males vs females after adjustment for age and vice-versa were assessed in a multivariate model.