Table 2 Serum concentrations of α-tocopherol per age group in adults (n = 846)

107 (12.65%)

174 (20.57%)

201 (23.76%)

206 (24.35%)

79 (9.34%)

79 (9.34%)

26.00 (24.00–28.00)

35.00 (32.00–37.00)

45.00 (42.00–47.00)

54.00 (52.00–56.00)

65.00 (62.00–67.00)

78.00 (73.00–84.00)

 < 0.001

21.20 (19.10–24.70)

23.80 (21.20–26.10)

24.50 (22.30–26.05)

24.65 (22.68–26.9)

24.20 (22.30–26.00)

24.70 (22.30–27.30)

 < 0.001

116 (104–129)

118.5 (109.0–130.0)

119 (111–130)

127.5 (117–141)

129 (120–144)

147 (133–158)

 < 0.001

71 (64–78)

74 (67–80)

76 (67–83.5)

82 (71.75–89)

79 (72–87)

82 (74–86)

 < 0.001

4.03 (3.60–4.49)

4.20 (3.78–4.77)

4.48 (3.96–5.03)

4.72 (4.22–5.20)

4.61 (4.05–5.22)

4.38 (3.78–4.94)

 < 0.001

0.82 (0.61–1.19)

1.12 (0.80–1.62)

1.13 (0.82–1.68)

1.40 (0.92–2.06)

1.28 (0.99–1.77)

1.44 (1.03–1.83)

 < 0.001

1.36 (1.20–1.57)

1.20 (1.05–1.43)

1.26 (1.06–1.50)

1.24 (1.03–1.50)

1.26 (1.10–1.49)

1.22 (1.01–1.42)

0.009

2.45 (2.11–3.02)

2.66 (2.23–3.23)

2.83 (2.33–3.32)

3.00 (2.60–3.48)

2.85 (2.33–3.57)

2.60 (1.99–3.33)

 < 0.001

4.95 (4.30–5.70)

5.33 (4.73–6.24)

5.65 (5.07–6.66)

6.13 (5.38–7.11)

5.84 (5.36–6.85)

5.93 (4.93–6.69)

 < 0.001

24.84 (21.41–30.88)

25.88 (21.85–30.65)

27.63 (23.10–34.59)

28.32 (23.85–34.19)

28.32 (23.91–35.29)

28.32 (22.33–35.52)

 < 0.001

6.15 (5.42–7.25)

6.16 (5.34–7.13)

6.36 (5.34–7.41)

6.14 (5.21–7.44)

6.46 (5.22–7.62)

6.71 (5.35–8.21)

0.573

5.08 (4.31–6.03)

4.82 (4.18–5.49)

4.86 (4.10–5.72)

4.68 (3.94–5.39)

4.73 (4.10–5.72)

5.01 (4.02–6.26)

0.131