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Table 2 Nutrient supplies in urban 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

57

1343

425

1.09

10.4

7.0

291

15.7

6.1

1951

32.2

2

135

1784

645

1.49

12.1

11.5

327

19.7

7.7

1772

29.0

3

228

2123

751

1.60

14.4

14.2

344

21.3

8.2

1814

25.4

4

442

2404

860

1.91

16.1

18.1

390

26.1

9.6

2049

23.5

5

1311

3325

1257

2.95

21.5

31.3

540

39.4

13.9

2416

18.4

ALL

2173

2830

1021

2.30

18.2

24.1

465

32.2

11.5

2261

20.4

  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 urban households by household expenditure quintile (1 = poorest, 5 = highest). ‘n’ is the number of households. Iodine supply excludes salt