Dietary Calcium Intake in Sample of School Age Children in City of Rabat, Morocco

Table 2

Distribution of calcium intake according to sex, age groups, and nutritional status.

Variables	N (%)	Mean of calcium intake ± SD (mg/day)	value
Sex
Boys	68 (51.9)	521.13 ± 247.28	0.972
Girls	63 (48.1)	521.92 ± 347.43
Age groups
6 to 8	45 (34.6)	514.67 ± 247.77	0.002
9 to 13	71 (54.6)	475.49 ± 307.06
14 to 18	14 (10.8)	776.86 ± 290.07
BAZ
Thinness	11 (8.5)	705.55 ± 618.05	0.178
Normal	93 (70.8)	496.85 ± 249.82
Overweight	18 (13.8)	541.50 ± 258.63
Obesity	9 (6.9)	508.67 ± 219.81
Total	131 (100)	521.51 ± 298.06

values by One-way ANOVA for means.