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Table 4 Percent daily intake and per unit cost of shortfall vitamins by major WWEIA food groups

From: Comparing the cost of essential nutrients from different food sources in the American diet using NHANES 2011–2014

Main Groups

Choline

Vitamin A

Vitamin C

Vitamin D

Vitamin E

% Daily Intake Mean ± SE

Cost cents per mg Mean ± SE

% Daily Intake Mean ± SE

Cost cents per μg Mean ± SE

% Daily Intake Mean ± SE

Cos cents per mg Mean ± SE

% Daily Intake Mean ± SE

Cost cents per μg Mean ± SE

% Daily Intake Mean ± SE

Cost cents per mg Mean ± SE

Age 2–18 Years (n = 5876)

 All

100

2.18 ± 0.04

100

0.79 ± 0.01

100

6.16 ± 0.15

100

83.2 ± 1.6

100

67.2 ± 1.5

 Milk and Dairy

14.0 ± 0.5

1.79 ± 0.03

31.3 ± 0.7

0.29 ± 0.004

0.99 ± 0.08

71.2 ± 5.2

66.0 ± 0.7

14.5 ± 0.2

3.08 ± 0.16

250 ± 11

 Protein Foods

45.5 ± 1.0

0.86 ± 0.03

5.38 ± 0.36

2.66 ± 0.20

0.64 ± 0.06

173 ± 12

11.4 ± 0.7

131 ± 8

18.6 ± 1.0

65.1 ± 4.5

 Mixed Dishes

27.4 ± 0.7

1.96 ± 0.05

17.4 ± 0.6

1.12 ± 0.03

7.16 ± 0.33

21.2 ± 0.87

6.28 ± 0.23

326 ± 15

23.7 ± 0.8

69.7 ± 1.1

 Grains

3.03 ± 0.26

4.65 ± 0.34

20.1 ± 0.6

0.25 ± 0.01

4.92 ± 0.50

8.07 ± 0.82

10.5 ± 0.5

50.9 ± 2.5

10.4 ± 0.9

41.6 ± 4.2

 Snacks and Sweets

7.15 ± 0.33

4.34 ± 0.13

7.33 ± 0.34

1.54 ± 0.06

5.53 ± 0.38

15.8 ± 0.78

1.34 ± 0.09

882 ± 59

23.8 ± 0.9

40.1 ± 1.3

 Fruit

0.01 ± 0.005

1871 ± 1135

2.02 ± 0.13

2.77 ± 0.16

18.7 ± 1.0

2.32 ± 0.05

0.002 ± 0.001

99,900 ± 0

2.89 ± 0.19

164 ± 6

 Vegetables

0.59 ± 0.06

18.0 ± 1.8

11.5 ± 0.8

0.34 ± 0.02

11.1 ± 0.8

2.72 ± 0.19

0.79 ± 0.08

512 ± 51

6.65 ± 0.26

49.3 ± 1.6

Age 19–99 Years (n = 9953)

 All

100

2.23 ± 0.03

100

0.98 ± 0.03

100

7.91 ± 0.13

100

136 ± 3

100

70.1 ± 0.7

 Milk and Dairy

7.34 ± 0.14

1.86 ± 0.03

16.8 ± 0.5

0.36 ± 0.01

0.43 ± 0.03

113 ± 6

40.0 ± 0.7

20.9 ± 0.4

2.61 ± 0.20

165 ± 12

 Protein Foods

53.8 ± 0.6

0.94 ± 0.02

9.96 ± 1.32

2.25 ± 0.37

1.12 ± 0.07

161 ± 9

29.7 ± 1.1

104 ± 5

23.4 ± 0.6

68.1 ± 2.0

 Mixed Dishes

26.7 ± 0.5

1.82 ± 0.03

17.9 ± 0.5

1.20 ± 0.02

10.2 ± 0.4

17.0 ± 0.4

9.82 ± 0.46

303 ± 14

20.3 ± 0.4

75.6 ± 0.8

 Grains

1.53 ± 0.11

7.01 ± 0.42

12.4 ± 0.5

0.38 ± 0.01

2.85 ± 0.13

13.4 ± 0.6

8.44 ± 0.32

77.8 ± 2.3

8.55 ± 0.31

39.6 ± 1.4

 Snacks and Sweets

6.10 ± 0.23

3.23 ± 0.09

7.45 ± 0.35

1.17 ± 0.05

3.33 ± 0.24

21.0 ± 1.2

2.21 ± 0.15

545 ± 28

17.1 ± 0.5

36.2 ± 0.8

 Fruit

0.01 ± 0.003

1181 ± 318

1.78 ± 0.12

2.80 ± 0.16

16.5 ± 0.5

2.43 ± 0.05

0.01 ± 0.002

99,900 ± 0

2.12 ± 0.07

168 ± 4

 Vegetables

1.10 ± 0.08

16.0 ± 1.3

22.0 ± 1.2

0.35 ± 0.01

22.9 ± 0.9

2.72 ± 0.07

1.46 ± 0.11

735 ± 56

10.6 ± 0.4

52.0 ± 0.9

  1. Data from NHANES 2011–2014