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Table 3 Distribution of participants with a micronutrient intake above average requirement intake (>AR)

From: Time trends in nutrient intake and dietary patterns among five birth cohorts of 70-year-olds examined 1971–2016: results from the Gothenburg H70 birth cohort studies, Sweden

Birth cohort

 

1901–02

1911–12

1922

1930

1944

  

1901–02

1911–12

1922

1930

1944

 

Examination years

 

1971–72

1981–83

1992–93

2000–02

2014–16

  

1971–72

1981–83

1992–93

2000–02

2014–16

 
 

Women

n = 188

n = 130

n = 136

n = 321

n = 474

χ2

Men

n = 182

n = 132

n = 63

n = 233

n = 387

χ2

 

>AR

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

P value

>AR

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

P value

Vitamin D (μg)

> 7.5 μg

36 (19)

16 (12)

32 (23)

94 (29)

244 (51)

< 0.0001

> 7.5 μg

61 (33)

38 (29)

29 (46)

127 (54)

262 (68)

< 0.0001

Vitamin C (mg)

> 50 mg

147 (78)

100 (77)

113 (83)

289 (90)

452 (95)

< 0.0001

> 60 mg

119 (65)

81 (61)

45 (71)

192 (82)

348 (90)

< 0.0001

B12 (μg)

> 1.4 μg

188 (100)

129 (99)

135 (99)

320 (99)

474 (100)

0.334

> 1.4 μg

182 (100)

132 (100)

63 (100)

233 (100)

387 (100)

0.839

Folate (μg)

> 200 μg

93 (49)

69 (53)

87 (64)

253 (79)

448 (94)

< 0.0001

> 200 μg

127 (70)

93 (70)

51 (81)

205 (88)

365 (94)

< 0.0001

Iron (mg)

> 6 mg

184 (98)

126 (97)

135 (99)

318 (99)

457 (96)

0.094

> 7 mg

178 (98)

128 (97)

63 (100)

232 (99)

380 (98)

0.260

Calcium (mg)

> 500 mg

170 (90)

124 (95)

132 (97)

312 (97)

463 (98)

0.0003

> 500 mg

171 (94)

127 (96)

60 (95)

228 (98)

377 (97)

0.187