Table 3.

Types of supplements used among 4–10-year-old children^a

	n	Multivitamin/mineral	Vitamin C	Calcium (± Vitamin D)	Vitamin D	Fish oil	Other dietary supplementsb
Total	499	60.3 (55.9–64.6)	1.2 (0.4–2.6)	2.8 (1.5–4.7)	2.0 (1.0–3.7)	8.6 (6.3–11.4)	5.2 (3.4–7.5)
Sex
Boys	251	62.2 (55.8–68.2)	0.8 (0.1–2.8)	3.2 (1.4–6-2)	2.4 (0.9–5.1)	10.0 (6.5–14.4)	4.4 (2.2–7.7)
Girls	248	58.5 (52.1–64.7)	1.6 (0.4–4.1)	2.4 (0.9–5.2)	1.6 (0.4–4.1)	7.3 (4.4–11.2)	6.0 (3.4–9.8)
Age
4–6 years	203	64.0 (57.0–70.6)	1.0 (0.1–3.5)	3.9 (1.7–7.6)	1.5 (0.3–4.3)	8.9 (5.3–13.7)	5.4 (2.7–9.5)
7–10 years	296	57.8 (51.9–63.5)	1.4 (0.4–3.4)	2.0 (0.7–4.4)	2.4 (1.0–4.8)	8.4 (5.5–12.2)	5.1 (2.9–8.2)

^aNone of the 499 participants reported use of iron supplement and thus iron is omitted from the table

^bSupplements not included in the Multi-Vitamin-Mineral, vitamin C, vitamin D, calcium or fish oil categories