Table 6. Mean and distribution of the iodine intake in brown seaweed consumers.
Seaweed consumed | No. of consumers | Iodine intake (µg/person/day) | |||||||
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Mean ± SE | 5th | 10th | 25th | 50th | 75th | 90th | 95th | ||
Sea mustard | 6,050 | 653.16 ± 11.12 | 10.55 | 88.93 | 247.36 | 501.42 | 855.18 | 1,367.32 | 1,878.52 |
Kelp | 1,854 | 2,655.04 ± 147.87 | 6.87 | 51.57 | 415.99 | 1,120.64 | 2,817.25 | 6,284.72 | 10,238.97 |
Kelp broth | 9,764 | 1,403.71 ± 34.32 | 38.39 | 76.86 | 217.12 | 548.11 | 1,501.57 | 3,827.81 | 5,741.82 |
One or more of the above | 15,091 | 1,495.44 ± 30.12 | 53.64 | 115.43 | 303.55 | 670.03 | 1,519.96 | 3,827.77 | 5,741.71 |