(Solved): Pica is a disorder in which individuals eat substances that are typically non-nutritive or inedible ...

Pica is a disorder in which individuals eat substances that are typically non-nutritive or inedible, such as dirt, paint chips, ice or frost, ciay, paper, and so forth. To be diagnosed with pica, these cravings need to last longer than a month and be developmentally inappropriate. Pica is seen in all ages, but more commonly among pregnant women, small chidren, and those with developmental disabilities. Pica can lead to serious medical problems, particularly when the substance ingested can lead to poisoning (such as lead poisoning from paint chlps), parasites (for example, from soil), or intestinal blockages. [Source: American. Psychlatric Association. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4 th ed. Text rev. (Washington, DCt American Psychiatric Association, 2000).] A medical researither is studying the relationship between pica and iron deficiency. She measures the hemoglobin levels in flve of her patients, all of whom are adult females who have been diagnosed with pica. She wants to compare these levels to the poputation norms. Suppose the mean hemoglobin level in aduit females is \( 13.2 \mathrm{gm} / \mathrm{dl} \) with a standard deviation of \( 1.2 \mathrm{gm} / \mathrm{di} \). The researcher compiles the follewing table, where the first column of values is the patient's hemoglobin level (Hb level), the second column describes the location of that hemogiobin level in the distribution of hemoglobin levels among adult females, and the third column contains the corresponding \( z \)-score of that patient's hemoglobin level. Fill in the missing values: