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Table 5 Micronutrients, acceptable reporters

From: Low carbohydrate high fat-diet in real life assessed by diet history interviews

Acceptable reporters

(n = 83)

Without supplements

With supplements

Reference levels

 

Median

(25–75 percentiles)

% of EAR

% below LI

% above UL

Median

% of EAR

% below LI

% above UL

EAR

Lower intake level (LI)

Upper intake level (UL)

 

median

   

median

  

women/men

women/men

both sexes

Vitamin A – RE/day

1228(921–1655)

225

0

2

1301(1020–1713)

253

0

2

500/600

400/500

3000

Vitamin D – μg/day

6.6(4–8.7)

87

4

0

12(7.1–48.6)

159

2

12

7.5

2.5

100

Vitamin E – mg/day

18.6(15.4–24.9)

358

0

0

20.5(16.7–29.2)

400

0

0

5/6

3/4

300

Vitamin K – μg/day

153.3(106.5–247)

n/a

n/a

n/a

172.1(110.1–252.2)

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Vitamin B1 – mg/day

1(0.8–1.3)

98

2

n/a

1.1(0.8–2.1)

112

1

n/a

0.9/1.2

0.5/0.6

n/a

Vitamin B2 – mg/day

1.5(1.2–1.9)

119

3

n/a

1.7(1.2–2.7)

149

3

n/a

1.1/1.4

0.8

n/a

Vitamin C – mg/day

89(62–134)

166

0

1

124(72–205)

232

0

6

50/60

10

1000

Niacin – NE/day

36.6(30.7–45.2)

282

0

0

43(31.3–53.7)

308

0

0

12/15

9/12

900

Vitamin B6 – mg/day

1.4(1.1–1.6)

108

4

0

2.1(1.4–5.1)

152

2

6

1.1/1.6

0.8/1.0

25

Vitamin B12 – mg/day

5.4(4.2–7.8)

388

0

n/a

6.6(4.7–11.9)

473

0

n/a

1.4

1

n/a

Folate – μg/day

332(261–402)

166

0

0

383(287–573)

192

0

3

200

100

1000

Iodine – μg/day

217(173–290)

217

0

0

249(187–309)

249

0

0

100

70

600

Phosphorus – mg/day

1370(1125–1720)

304

0

0

1379(1132–1764)

306

0

0

450

300

3000

Iron – mg/day

9.2(7.7–11.8)

69

8

0

9.7(7.9–14.4)

108

8

5

10/7

5/7

25

Calcium – mg/day

849(672–1127)

170

4

0

916(692–1166)

183

4

0

500

500

2500

Potassium – mg/day

2866(2332–3448)

n/a

n/a

14

2879(2332–3456)

n/a

n/a

17

n/a

n/a

3.7

Magnesium – mg/day

331(260–417)

n/a

n/a

n/a

442(330–611)

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Sodium – mg/day

2783(2347–3645)

n/a

n/a

n/a

2816(2439–3698)

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Selenium – μg/day

65.2(45.7–78.5)

193

0

1

76.2(51–105.3)

237

0

2

30/35

20

300

Zinc – mg/day

11(9.2–13.8)

203

0

1

13.8(9.8–19.6)

250

0

11

5/6

4/5

25

  1. Recommendations according to Nordic Nutrition Recommendations 2012 [11]