Table 3.

Usual intakes of minerals stratified by sex and age group in 1- to 19-year-old Greek children and adolescents and percentage of the population having usual micronutrient intakes below the estimated average requirement: data from Hellenic National Nutrition and Health Survey

	Boys				Girls
	Median	P25, P75	EAR	<EAR (%)	Median	P25, P75	EAR	<EAR (%)
Ca (mg)
1–3 years	889	660, 1025	500	4·7	821	667, 1011	500	10·2
4–8 years	964	792, 1098	800	26·1	894	855, 940	800	1·2
9–13 years	1062	795, 1337	1100	52·2	988	768, 1207	1100	62·9
14–18 years	1016	909, 1167	1100	64·1	894	857, 927	1100	100·0
19 years	1069	905, 1334	800	21·4	884	773, 988	800	34·4
P (mg)
1–3 years	996	897, 1062	380	0·0	927	831, 1027	380	0·0
4–8 years	1042	970, 1114	405	0·0	979	868, 1143	405	0·0
9–13 years	1097	1007, 1195	1055	37·9	1112	963, 1218	1055	41·9
14–18 years	1387	1184, 1682	1055	9·4	1062	863, 1284	1055	50·0
19 years	1141	1075, 1172	580	0·0	1146	1009, 1313	580	0·0
Mg (mg)
1–3 years	188	160, 216	65	0·0	189	172, 202	65	0·0
4–8 years	210	204, 216	110	0·0	199	178, 220	110	0·0
9–13 years	207	198, 236	200	31·9	214	186, 238	200	40·3
14–18 years	277	241, 328	340	81·3	216	201, 230	300	98·5
19 years	333	240, 423	330	50·0	237	212, 290	255	62·5
Fe (mg)
1–3 years	9·0	8·1, 10·7	3·0	0·0	8·3	7·5, 9·7	3·0	0·0
4–8 years	9·8	8·0, 13·2	4·1	0·0	10·3	9·2, 11·6	4·1	0·0
9–13 years	11·3	10·6, 12·2	5·9	0·0	12·4	10·2, 15·2	5·7	1·0, 0·8*
14–18 years	13·5	11·9, 16·9	7·7	1·6	11·2	10·2, 12·3		8·7*
19 years	17·6	12·5, 20·3	6·0	0·0	13·6	10·6, 18·6		2·2*

EAR, estimated average requirement; AI, adequate intake.

^*EAR cut-off point method was used to estimate Fe inadequacy in 9–10 years girls, and probability approach in 11–19 years menstruating girls.

^†AI and therefore the percentages of subjects below AI have been calculated.