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Table 2 New Trp Index (mg) based on breakfast habits and validation

From: Can breakfast tryptophan and vitamin B6 intake and morning exposure to sunlight promote morning-typology in young children aged 2 to 6 years?

Corrected average Trp intake according to regularity of breakfast

 

Eats at set times every day

Almost every day

Aged 2 years

 

73.9

59.2

   

Aged 3 to 5 years

 

83.8

62.4

   

Corrected average Trp intake according to the frequency to take well-balanced breakfast that includes staple, main and side

 

Everyday

 

4 to 5 days/week

2 to 3 days/week

 

0 to 1 days/week

Aged 2years

134.4

 

98.0

46.8

 

12.0

Aged 3 to 5years

139.1

 

93.4

50.2

 

13.5

Trp-Index for children aged 3 to 5 years(Trp intake )before and after the correction due to the frequency of a well-balanced breakfast

   

Average after correction

Average before correction

Eats at set times every day

83.8

125.5

Almost every day

62.4

116.5

Mann-Whitney U-test

 

z=-4.9,P <0.001

z=-2.7,P= 0.006