Nutrition Journal

Table 3 Selected micronutrient usual intakes among consumers and non-consumers of orange juice and comparison to Estimated Average Requirements (EAR) or Adequate Intake (AI)

From: 100% Orange juice consumption is associated with better diet quality, improved nutrient adequacy, decreased risk for obesity, and improved biomarkers of health in adults: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2003-2006

	Usual intake	Percentile					EAR
Group	Mean ± SE	10	25	50	75	90	% Below ± SE
Vitamin A, RAE ug/d
Consumer	660 ± 15^a	364	471	618	802	1009	39.7 ± 2.5^a
Non-Consumer	580 ± 8^b	265	373	529	730	960	54.0 ± 1.2^b
Vitamin B-6, mg/d
Consumer	2.1 ± 0.0^a	1.3	1.6	2.0	2.6	3.2	9.5 ± 1.0^a
Non-Consumer	1.9 ± 0.0^b	1.1	1.4	1.8	2.3	2.9	16.7 ± 1.4^b
Folate, DFE ug/d
Consumer	606 ± 10^a	358	451	578	730	890	5.8 ± 0.7^a
Non-Consumer	521 ± 6^b	288	371	487	634	796	15.1 ± 0.9^b
Vitamin C, mg/d
Consumer	146 ± 2.4^a	110	125	148	167	178	0.0 ± 0.0^a
Non-Consumer	66.6 ± 1.3^b	26.1	38.9	58.5	85.4	117.1	59.0 ± 1.4^b
Magnesium, mg/d
Consumer	313 ± 4^a	193	238	296	372	449	51.6 ± 1.6^a
Non-Consumer	283 ± 3^b	170	213	270	339	411	63.7 ± 1.2^b
	Usual Intake	Percentile					AI
Group	Mean ± SE	10	25	50	75	90	% Above ± SE
Sodium, mg/d
Consumer	3483 ± 53	2066	2604	3338	4213	5107	98.4 ± 0.3
Non-Consumer	3501 ± 29	2137	2654	3351	4194	5074	98.8 ± 0.2
Potassium, mg/d
Consumer	3026 ± 36^a	1978	2396	2939	3564	4195	4.1 ± 0.8^a
Non-Consumer	2623 ± 22^b	1610	2009	2532	3140	3756	1.8 ± 0.2^b

Data source: Adults 19+ years of age participating in NHANES 2003-2006 with consumers defined as orange juice consumption on either of two days of intake assessment.
n: 2,310 OJ consumers and 6,551 non-consumers.
Means with different letters are significantly different, p < 0.05.

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