Preschool diets in children from Piła, Poland, require urgent intervention as implied by high risk of nutrient inadequacies

Table 4 Vitamin intake in the studied children during their stay at preschool

Nutrient	Reference values	Girls (n = 63)		Boys (n = 65)		All children (n = 128)		P	Girls (n = 63)		Boys (n = 65)		All children (n = 128)
Nutrient	Reference values	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	P	Median	SE	Median	SE	Median	SE
Vitamin A (retinol equivalent) (μg)	210^a	347	133	357	144	352	138	NS	349	17	352	18	350	12
Retinol (μg)	NA	164	52	177	72	171	63	NS	167	7	172	9	167	6
Beta-carotene (μg)	NA	1099	576	1082	520	1090	546	NS	1037	73	928	65	1015	48
Vitamin D (μg)	7^a	0.59	0.21	0.59	0.25	0.59	0.23	NS	0.58	0.03	0.58	0.03	0.58	0.02
Vitamin E (mg)	4.2^b	2.42	0.76	2.20	0.77	2.31	0.77	NS	2.38	0.10	2.12	0.10	2.26	0.07
Vitamin B₁ (mg)	0.35^a	0.393	0.129	0.367	0.118	0.380	0.123	NS	0.382	0.016	0.362	0.015	0.374	0.011
Vitamin B₂ (mg)	0.35^a	0.568	0.186	0.574	0.200	0.571	0.193	NS	0.584	0.023	0.577	0.025	0.580	0.017
Vitamin B₆ (mg)	0.35^a	0.59	0.19	0.56	0.17	0.57	0.18	NS	0.60	0.02	0.57	0.02	0.57	0.02
Folate (μg)	112^a	86.9	24.4	82.7	23.7	84.8	24.0	NS	86.1	3.1	83.7	2.9	85.9	2.1
Vitamin B₁₂ (μg)	0.7^a	0.92	0.34	0.95	0.39	0.94	0.37	NS	0.93	0.04	0.93	0.05	0.93	0.03
Niacin (mg)	4.2^a	3.90	1.33	3.56	1.12	3.72	1.24	NS	3.57	0.17	3.55	0.14	3.56	0.11
Vitamin C (mg)	28^a	29.5	9.2	27.4	7.9	28.5	8.6	NS	31.1	1.2	26.0	1.0	28.4	0.8

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