Table 2.
Daily intakes (mean, standard deviation and range) of calcium and vitamin D, overall (N 60) and by gender (males, n 30; females, n 30), in the sample of Canadian young adults aged 17–30 years, October 2013–April 2014
| Ca intake (mg/d) | Vitamin D intake (µg/d) | Vitamin D intake (IU/d) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | sd | Range | Mean | sd | Range | Mean | sd | Range | |
| Male | 1005 | 714 | 507–2532 | 9·60 | 8·15 | 1·62–21·30 | 384 | 326 | 65–852 |
| Female | 841 | 445 | 177–1975 | 10·65 | 9·00 | 1·35–28·85 | 426 | 360 | 54–1154 |
| Total | 923 | 595 | 177–2532 | 10·13 | 8·53 | 1·35–28·85 | 405 | 341 | 54–1154 |
| P value* | U=410, P=0·71 | U=409, P=0·69 | U=409, P=0·69 | ||||||
*
Significance of the difference between males and females was assessed using a Mann–Whitney U test (significance set at P=0·05).