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Table 3 A dietary carotenoid intake with bone mineral density and fracture risk of the study population

From: Dietary carotenoid intake and fracture risk based on NHANES 2013–2018 data: a propensity score matching

Dietary intakes

Median (Q1, Q3)

α-carotene (mg/day/kcal)

0.085 (0.025, 0.426)

β-carotene (mg/day/kcal)

1.210 (0.463, 2.985)

β-cryptoxanthin (mg/day/kcal)

0.041 (0.015, 0.100)

Lycopene (mg/day/kcal)

2.170 (0.554, 6.121)

Lutein + zeaxanthin (mg/day/kcal)

0.885 (0.505, 1.651)

  1. Median (Q1, Q3): Median (Quartile 1, Quartile 3)