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The document analyzes the dietary calcium intake of 113 healthy women divided into four age groups. An ANOVA and post hoc tests found a significant difference in calcium intake among the groups. The 20-45.9 year old group had the highest average intake at 1448 mg/day, which was significantly higher than the other three older age groups ranging from 851-993 mg/day. The findings indicate that calcium intake decreases with increasing age.

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The document analyzes the dietary calcium intake of 113 healthy women divided into four age groups. An ANOVA and post hoc tests found a significant difference in calcium intake among the groups. The 20-45.9 year old group had the highest average intake at 1448 mg/day, which was significantly higher than the other three older age groups ranging from 851-993 mg/day. The findings indicate that calcium intake decreases with increasing age.

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St.

Paul University Philippines

Problem # 1

Ilich-Ernst et al. investigated the dietary intake of calcium among a cross section of 113
healthy women ages 20-88. The researchers formed four age groupings as follows: Group A, 20.0-
45.9 years; group B, 46.0-55.9 years; group C, 56.0-65.9 years; and group D, over 66 years.
Calcium from food intake was measured in mg/day. Is there a significant difference in the dietary
intake of calcium among the four age groups?

Oneway

Descriptives

IntakeOfCalcium

95% Confidence Interval for Mean

N Mean Std. Deviation Std. Error Lower Bound Upper Bound Minimum Maximum

Group A 22 1448.36 629.126 134.130 1169.42 1727.30 222 2670

Group B 14 992.64 627.263 167.643 630.47 1354.81 136 2408

Group C 29 873.83 304.743 56.589 757.91 989.75 239 1692

Group D 48 851.73 385.907 55.701 739.67 963.78 42 1781

Total 113 991.02 508.479 47.834 896.24 1085.79 42 2670

ANOVA

IntakeOfCalcium

Sum of Squares df Mean Square F Sig.

Between Groups 5931208.042 3 1977069.347 9.359 .000

Within Groups 2.303E7 109 211252.293

Total 2.896E7 112

SPUP Graduate School

Jasmin O. Lacson, RN, CNN


SPUP MSN 2019
St. Paul University Philippines

Post Hoc Tests

Multiple Comparisons

IntakeOfCalcium
Scheffe

(I) A:20.0- (J) A:20.0- 95% Confidence Interval


45.9, B:46.0- 45.9, B:46.0-
55.9, 55.9,
C:56.0-65.9, C:56.0-65.9,
D:over 66 D:over 66 Mean Difference (I-
yrs. yrs. J) Std. Error Sig. Lower Bound Upper Bound

Group A Group B 455.721* 157.136 .043 9.51 901.94

Group C 574.536* 129.950 .000 205.52 943.55

Group D 596.634* 118.336 .000 260.60 932.67

Group B Group A -455.721* 157.136 .043 -901.94 -9.51

Group C 118.815 149.579 .889 -305.94 543.57

Group D 140.914 139.609 .797 -255.53 537.36

Group C Group A -574.536* 129.950 .000 -943.55 -205.52

Group B -118.815 149.579 .889 -543.57 305.94

Group D 22.098 108.100 .998 -284.87 329.07

Group D Group A -596.634* 118.336 .000 -932.67 -260.60

Group B -140.914 139.609 .797 -537.36 255.53

Group C -22.098 108.100 .998 -329.07 284.87

*. The mean difference is significant at the 0.05 level.

SPUP Graduate School

Jasmin O. Lacson, RN, CNN


SPUP MSN 2019
St. Paul University Philippines

Homogeneous Subsets

IntakeOfCalcium

Scheffea,,b

A:20.0- Subset for alpha = 0.05


45.9,
B:46.0-
55.9,
C:56.0-
65.9,
D:over 66
yrs. N 1 2

Group D 48 851.73

Group C 29 873.83

Group B 14 992.64

Group A 22 1448.36

Sig. .779 1.000

Means for groups in homogeneous subsets are


displayed.

a. Uses Harmonic Mean Sample Size = 23.229.

b. The group sizes are unequal. The harmonic mean


of the group sizes is used. Type I error levels are not
guaranteed.

INTERPRETATION:

There was a significant difference among the dietary intake of Calcium among the
4 age groups. F(3,109)=9.359,p<.000. The mean values from the 4 groups revealed
significant differences between age groups with Group A(M=1448.36, SD=629.126)
having the highest intake of Calcium than Group B (M=992.64, SD=627.263), Group C
(M=873.83, SD=304.743) and Group D (M=851.73, SD=385.907). These findings
indicate that age group of 20.0-45.9 years old has the highest intake of Calcium/mg/day.

SPUP Graduate School

Jasmin O. Lacson, RN, CNN


SPUP MSN 2019

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