The Spread of Malnutrition: Zinc and Copper
NDNS 65 + Free-living M = 538, F = 516
Bates CJ et al. Br. J. Nut. 2010 doi:10.1017/S0007114510003053
5.87
2.3
0.88
0.35
0.19
F
F
M
M
F
M
F
M
38
19.5
8.4
31.5
17.4
10.4
Plasma copper
umol/l
6.72
3.37
1.1
0.46
0.29
Total Copper Intake
1.0-10 mg/day
24.2
19.1
14.2
10.0
8.2
20.5
19.0
14.2
9.9
7.2
Plasma zinc
Fasting >10.71 umol/l
Non-fast 9.95 – 20 umol/l
23.3
11.8
6.96
3.4
1.65
27.1
14.7
8.81
4.2
1.86
Total Zinc Intake
4.5-40 mg/day
Highest
97.5
pc
Mean
2.5
pc
Lowest
Parameter
(and norm/RNI)