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. 2022 Sep 14;17(3):451–463. doi: 10.4162/nrp.2023.17.3.451

Table 5. Top 20 foods contributing to vitamin D intake of Koreans by sex, Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2016–2019.

Rank Total Sex
Males Females
Food name % Cumulative %1) Food name % Cumulative %1) Food name % Cumulative %1)
1 Egg 17.44 17.44 Egg 16.44 16.44 Egg 18.54 18.54
2 Squid 8.55 25.99 Squid 8.66 25.10 Squid 8.42 26.96
3 Eel 7.44 33.43 Eel 7.91 33.01 Eel 6.92 33.88
4 Salmon 5.35 38.78 Mackerel 5.55 38.56 Salmon 6.29 40.17
5 Mackerel 5.27 44.05 Pork meat 5.28 43.85 Mackerel 4.96 45.13
6 Anchovy 4.65 48.70 Yellow croaker 4.80 48.64 Anchovy 4.99 50.11
7 Yellow croaker 4.58 53.29 Salmon 4.51 53.15 Yellow croaker 4.35 54.46
8 Pork meat 4.47 57.76 Anchovy 4.36 57.50 Pork meat 3.58 58.04
9 Soymilk 4.46 62.22 Soymilk 3.90 61.40 Soymilk 5.08 63.12
10 Skipjack tuna 3.80 66.02 Skipjack tuna 3.76 65.16 Skipjack tuna 3.84 66.96
11 Milk 3.67 69.68 Milk 3.35 68.51 Milk 4.02 70.98
12 Hair tail 3.46 73.15 Hair tail 3.30 71.81 Hair tail 3.64 74.62
13 Breakfast Cereals 2.33 75.48 Pacific saury 2.60 74.42 Breakfast Cereals 2.33 76.95
14 Pacific saury 2.33 77.81 File fish 2.43 76.85 Pacific saury 2.02 78.98
15 File fish 2.27 80.08 File fish, dried 2.43 79.28 File fish 2.10 81.07
16 File fish, dried 2.27 82.35 Breakfast Cereals 2.33 81.61 File fish, dried 2.10 83.17
17 Duck meat 1.75 84.10 Bastard halibut 2.06 83.67 Duck meat 1.58 84.74
18 Bastard halibut 1.70 85.80 Duck meat 1.90 85.57 Bastard halibut 1.31 86.06
19 Pond loach 1.30 87.10 Bluefin tuna 1.42 86.99 Pond loach 1.26 87.31
20 Bluefin tuna 1.27 88.37 Pond loach 1.35 88.34 Bluefin tuna 1.10 88.42

1)The cumulative percentage is the sum of the relative percentages of the main source of food.