Plant-based Diet and Iron Deficiency Anemia in Sundanese Adolescent Girls at Islamic Boarding Schools in Indonesia

Table 4

Correlation between nutritional intake and iron status in Sundanese adolescent girls at Islamic boarding schools in Indonesia.

Variable	(r;) value
	Hemoglobin	Hematocrit	MCV	MCH	MCHC
Heme iron	0.195; 0.009	0.179; 0.018	−0.014; 0.850	0.038; 0.617	0.095; 0.210
MFP	0.195; 0.009	0.190; 0.011	0.003; 0.965;	0.040; 0.601	0.077; 0.308
Nonheme iron	0.075; 0.323	0.086; 0.254	0.103; 0.174	0.073; 0.334	0.032; 0.670
Phytic acid	0.074; 0.331	0.070; 0.358	0.073; 0.338	0.072; 0.344	0.078; 0.305
Vitamin C	0.020; 0.796	0.088; 0.245	−0.013; 0.869	−0.076; 0.315	−0.114; 0.132
Molar ratio of vitamin C:iron	−0.027; 0.724	0.039; 0.603	−0.060; 0.427	−0.118; 0.118	−0.127; 0.094
Molar ratio of phytic acid:iron	−0.116; 0.126	−0.097; 0.199	−0.031; 0.686	−0.057; 0.449	−0.049; 0.519