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. 2025 Aug 8;24:124. doi: 10.1186/s12937-025-01193-7

Table 4.

Percentage of participants reaching recommended intake (RI) across sex specific tertiles of EAT-Lancet diet score in the H70-study

Participants reaching recommended intake levels (RI) across tertiles of EAT-Lancet diet score1 All
T1: 10–21 T2: 21–24 T3: 24–38 p-trend2
n 322 284 255
Nutrients (RI)3
Retinol equivalents (650/750 RE/day) 260 (81%) 230 (81%) 191 (75%) 0.100 681 (79%)
Vitamin D (20 µg/day) 3 (0.93%) 6 (2.11%) 4 (1.57%) 0.492 13 (1.5%)
Vitamin E (9/11 mg/day) 216 (67%) 215 (76%) 219 (86%) < 0.001 650 (75%)
Thiamine (0.9/1.1 mg/day) 279 (87%) 250 (88%) 224 (88%) 0.650 753 (87%)
Riboflavin (1.6 mg/day) 193 (56%) 164 (58%) 132 (52%) 0.053 489 (57%)
Niacin equivalent (14/18 NE/day) 322 (100%) 284 (100%) 255 (100%) - 861 (100%)
Vitamin B6 (1.6/1.7 mg/day) 270 (84%) 243 (86%) 227 (89%) 0.08 740 (86%)
Folate (330 µg/day) 120 (37%) 155 (55%) 180 (71%) < 0.001 455 (53%)
Vitamin B12 (4 µg/day) 295 (92%) 252 (89%) 211 (83%) 0.001 758 (88%)
Vitamin C (95/110 mg/day) 183 (57%) 205 (72%) 219 (86%) < 0.001 607 (71%)
Calcium (950 mg/day) 169 (53%) 142 (50%) 139 (55%) 0.674 450 (52%)
Phosphorus (520 mg/day) 322 (100%) 284 (100%) 255 (100%) - 861 (100%)
Magnesium (300/350 mg/day) 209 (65%) 214 (75%) 227 (89%) < 0.001 650 (75%)
Potassium (3500 mg/day) 145 (45%) 148 (52%) 160 (63%) < 0.001 453 (53%)
Iron (7/9 mg/day) 287 (89%) 263 (93%) 247 (97%) 0.001 797 (93%)
Zinc (9.3/12.1 mg/day) 185 (58%) 168 (59%) 160 (63%) 0.204 513 (60%)
Selenium (75/85 µg/day) 26 (8.1%) 20 (7.0%) 13 (5.1%) 0.166 59 (6.7%)

1Values are n and (%)

2P-value for linear trend

3Recommended intake (RI) reference values from the Nordic Nutrition recommendations 2023 are reported in parentheses (women/men). For some nutrients, recommendations are the same for women and men