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Table 4 Summarized intake of vitamins and minerals from diet and supplements in the vegan study sample with the 2012 Nordic Nutrition Recommendations (NNR)

From: Intake of macro- and micronutrients in Danish vegans

 

Men

Women

n

Total intake

NNR

n

Total intake

NNR

Vitamin A (RE/day)

17

985

900

17

670

700

(52)

(512–1547)

(46)

(381–1276)

Vitamin D (μg/day)

14

7.1

10

15

5.0

10

(49)

(0–25)

(43)

(0–20)

Vitamin E (αTE/day)

32

27.6

10

36

17.3

8

(97)

(17.2–42.2)

(97)

(13.8–27.7)

Thiamine (mg/day)

33

2.9

1.3

35

1.8

1.1

(97)

(2.1–21.4)

(95)

(1.4–3.4)

Riboflavin (mg/day)

21

2.08

1.5

20

1.25

1.2

(63)

(1.3–18.4)

(49)

(0.91–3.26)

Niacin (NE/day)

29

21.8

18

31

17.8

14

(77)

(20.1–30.1)

(78)

(15.0–23.5)

Vitamin B6 (mg/day)

31

3.5

1.5

34

2.1

1.2

(94)

(2.6–4.7)

(92)

(1.5–3.1)

Folic Acid (μg/day)

33

758

300

36

601

300

(100)

(614–926)

(92)

(478–754)

Vitamin B12 (μg/day)

19

10.0

2

20

25.0

2

(60)

(0.0–86)

(54)

(0.0–125)

Vitamin C (mg/day)

32

258

75

36

250

75

(97)

(182–456)

(97)

(191–307)

Calcium (mg/day)

25

962

800

19

808

800

(71)

(794–1163)

(51)

(610–1007)

Magnesium (mg/day)

33

654

350

36

494

280

(100)

(578–861)

(97)

(429–564)

Potassium (mg/day)

26

4274

3500

24

3602

3100

(74)

(3648–5623)

(65)

(2852–4181)

Iron (mg/day)

33

23

9

22

16

15

(100)

(18–30)

(59)

(13–20)

Zinc (mg/day)

29

16.8

9

30

9.7

7

(86)

(10–22)

(81)

(7–14)

Iodine (μg/day)

9

107

150

6

78.9

150

(31)

(60–186)

(16)

(57–111)

Selenium (μg/day)

14

48.0

60

10

28.3

50

(49)

(30–89)

(30)

(23–53)

  1. Data is median (inter quartile range) daily intake and number (%) of vegans reaching the recommended daily allowance according to the 2012 Nordic Nutrition Recommendation when including micronutrient intake from diet and supplements combined