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Table 1 Nutrient supplies in rural households

From: Dietary mineral supplies in Malawi: spatial and socioeconomic assessment

Expenditure quintile

n

Median dietary supply

  

Energy

Ca

Cu

Fe

I

Mg

Se

Zn

PA

PA:Zn

  

kcal

mg

μg

mg

μg

mg

Molar ratio

  

AME−1 d−1

1

1783

1479

307

0.98

11.5

5.5

303

12.6

6.1

1976

35.2

2

2038

1976

510

1.40

16.0

9.3

397

18.6

7.9

2401

32.3

3

2103

2423

636

1.78

19.5

12.1

464

22.5

9.3

2680

30.7

4

2140

2870

830

2.23

23.6

16.8

548

28.8

11.5

2951

28.2

5

1880

3828

1304

3.28

30.8

26.9

741

43.3

16.1

3846

24.8

ALL

9944

2384

649

1.80

19.5

12.6

469

23.5

9.6

2764

30.2

  1. Median energy, calcium (Ca), copper (Cu), iron (Fe), iodine (I), magnesium (Mg), selenium (Se), zinc (Zn) and phytic acid (PA) supplies per Adult Male Equivalent (AME) in rural households by household expenditure quintile (1 = poorest, 5 = highest). ‘n’ is the number of households. Iodine supply excludes salt