Table 3.
Estimated prevalence of inadequate intakes of vitamin C as a function of assumed requirement distribution in the Dutch and U.S. adult male populations
| Requirement distribution* | % estimated prevalence of inadequate
intakes†
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | U.S. | |
| Existing U.S. RDA (1) | 21.7 | 6.8 |
| Levine et al. (3) | ||
| Model 1 | 59.1 | 31.8 |
| Model 2 | 77.2 | 52.2 |
| Model 3 | 96.7 | 84.3 |
| Model 4 | 99.0 | 94.4 |
*
See Table 1 for description of requirement distributions.
†
Estimated as proportion of respective population group with intakes below mean requirement; full probability assessment gave similar estimates (see text).