Table 5 Mean daily intake of selected vitamins, minerals, supplement use and salt intake of members of the NLCS-Meat Investigation Cohort by meat consumption status ^a

Vitamins (from diet)

 Retinol (mg)

1.14 ± 0.35

1.11 ± 0.37

1.09 ± 0.38

1.05 ± 0.37

1.01 ± 0.37

<0.001

1.14 ± 0.34

1.04 ± 0.36

1.05 ± 0.39

0.99 ± 0.37

0.93 ± 0.37

0.90 ± 0.38

<0.001

1.07 ± 0.37

 β-carotene (mg)

0.61 ± 0.35

0.59 ± 0.37

0.49 ± 0.32

0.42 ± 0.23

0.40 ± 0.21

<0.001

0.60 ± 0.34

0.60 ± 0.36

0.64 ± 0.39

0.52 ± 0.34

0.44 ± 0.26

0.41 ± 0.23

<0.001

0.64 ± 0.37

 Vitamin B1 (mg)

1.25 ± 0.26

1.23 ± 0.25

1.14 ± 0.23

1.15 ± 0.19

1.22 ± 0.22

<0.001

1.25 ± 0.25

1.04 ± 0.24

1.03 ± 0.21

0.96 ± 0.20

0.99 ± 0.17

1.06 ± 0.19

<0.001

1.04 ± 0.22

 Vitamin B2 (mg)

1.62 ± 0.38

1.63 ± 0.39

1.61 ± 0.42

1.59 ± 0.37

1.57 ± 0.36

<0.001

1.63 ± 0.39

1.51 ± 0.39

1.52 ± 0.38

1.48 ± 0.41

1.47 ± 0.36

1.44 ± 0.34

<0.001

1.52 ± 0.38

 Vitamin B3 (mg)

14.7 ± 3.6

16.7 ± 5.0

16.2 ± 4.4

15.6 ± 3.8

15.4 ± 4.1

<0.001

15.4 ± 3.8

11.8 ± 3.2

12.9 ± 3.1

12.6 ± 3.3

12.6 ± 2.9

12.4 ± 3.0

<0.001

12.2 ± 3.2

 Vitamin B6 (mg)

1.42 ± 0.27

1.40 ± 0.29

1.37 ± 0.31

1.48 ± 0.25

1.57 ± 0.28

<0.001

1.45 ± 0.29

1.15 ± 0.25

1.17 ± 0.23

1.17 ± 0.27

1.28 ± 0.23

1.37 ± 0.24

<0.001

1.19 ± 0.26

 Vitamin B11 (μm)

252 ± 55

250 ± 61

232 ± 69

227 ± 64

222 ± 65

<0.001

253 ± 57

217 ± 60

218 ± 52

204 ± 62

200 ± 59

197 ± 62

<0.001

223 ± 58

 Vitamin C (mg)

123 ± 51

122 ± 57

108 ± 51

101 ± 42

97 ± 41

<0.001

124 ± 52

127 ± 54

122 ± 50

117 ± 56

109 ± 44

106 ± 42

<0.001

128 ± 51

 Vitamin E (mg)

16.1 ± 6.0

15.3 ± 5.1

15.4 ± 5.1

15.4 ± 5.6

14.4 ± 5.6

<0.001

16.2 ± 5.4

12.9 ± 4.4

13.1 ± 4.4

12.9 ± 4.9

12.4 ± 4.6

11.8 ± 4.4

<0.001

13.2 ± 4.4

Minerals

 Calcium (mg)

1238 ± 379

1242 ± 395

1160 ± 380

991 ± 291

934 ± 294

<0.001

1211 ± 391

1144 ± 327

1117 ± 324

1062 ± 335

927 ± 275

875 ± 263

<0.001

1125 ± 323

 Phosphor (mg)

1726 ± 293

1758 ± 312

1647 ± 313

1542 ± 256

1528 ± 255

<0.001

1728 ± 309

1453 ± 260

1471 ± 250

1388 ± 282

1324 ± 240

1318 ± 228

<0.001

1460 ± 257

 Magnesium (mg)

435 ± 103

449 ± 120

389 ± 91

355 ± 59

329 ± 53

<0.001

436 ± 104

360 ± 87

369 ± 87

322 ± 72

292 ± 47

289 ± 46

<0.001

363 ± 85

 Iron (mg)

14.4 ± 2.8

15.0 ± 2.9

13.6 ± 2.7

13.2 ± 2.3

13.3 ± 2.4

<0.001

14.6 ± 2.6

11.8 ± 2.3

12.3 ± 2.4

11.4 ± 2.1

11.5 ± 2.0

11.7 ± 2.0

<0.001

12.0 ± 2.2

 Potassium (mg)

3768 ± 634

3771 ± 749

3656 ± 727

3684 ± 585

3763 ± 605

<0.001

3796 ± 673

3261 ± 607

3312 ± 618

3229 ± 658

3288 ± 532

3348 ± 544

<0.001

3313 ± 598

 Dietary cholesterol (mg)

197 ± 83

228 ± 84

227 ± 73

265 ± 67

287 ± 78

<0.001

213 ± 81

177 ± 66

187 ± 66

200 ± 67

229 ± 58

245 ± 61

<0.001

188 ± 66

 Dietary fiber (g)

40.3 ± 8.8

39.3 ± 9.6

34.8 ± 9.0

29.8 ± 7.3

28.1 ± 6.8

<0.001

39.6 ± 8.9

32.6 ± 7.3

32.5 ± 7.0

29.3 ± 7.1

25.6 ± 5.8

24.6 ± 5.5

<0.001

32.4 ± 7.1

Supplement use (number of sup/day)

0.9 ± 1.2

0.9 ± 1.2

0.8 ± 1.1

0.4 ± 0.9

0.3 ± 0.6

<0.001

0.9 ± 1.2

1.3 ± 1.3

1.3 ± 1.3

1.0 ± 1.3

0.6 ± 0.9

0.5 ± 0.8

<0.001

1.33 ± 1.3

NaCl (mg) (from foods)

5800 ± 2150

6496 ± 2331

6127 ± 2410

6316 ± 2054

6693 ± 2231

<0.001

6073 ± 2302

4678 ± 1743

4964 ± 1740

5203 ± 9097

5158 ± 1639

5433 ± 1813

<0.001

4869 ± 1672

Salt added during cooking (g)

1.67 ± 2.58

1.96 ± 2.07

2.65 ± 3.22

4.01 ± 4.06

4.43 ± 4.32

<0.001

1.94 ± 2.69

1.55 ± 2.34

2.14 ± 2.51

3.00 ± 4.13

3.86 ± 4.05

3.99 ± 4.26

<0.001

1.94 ± 2.69