Table 2.
Percentage of apparently healthy Serbian adults with iron intake below recommendations, June 2013–January 2015
| Males (25–65 years, n 128) | Females (<50 years, n 501) | Females (≥50 years, n 125) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fe RNI (mg/d) | % below RNI | Fe RNI (mg/d) | % below RNI | Fe RNI (mg/d) | % below RNI | |
| FAO/WHO( 53 ) | 9·1 | 39·8 | 19·6 | 97·8 | 7·5 | 32·8 |
| IOM( 33 ) | 8 | 23·4 | 18 | 96·6 | 8 | 36·7 |
| IOM (EAR)( 33 ) | 6 | 7·0 | 8·1 | 38·3 | 5 | 11·8 |
| NNR( 52 ) | 9 | 35·9 | 15 | 94·6 | 9 | 50·0 |
RNI, Recommended Nutrient Intake (the daily intake that meets the nutrient requirements of almost all (97·5 %) apparently healthy individuals in an age- and sex-specific population group); IOM, Institute of Medicine; EAR, Estimated Average Requirement (the daily intake that meets the nutrient needs of 50 % of the healthy individuals in a specific population’s group); NNR, Nordic Nutrition Recommendations.