Table 3.

Prevalence of dietary supplementation by older adults in the Asia-Pacific region

Country	Year	Sample size	Age range	Both genders	Male	Female
Southern China	2008	446	55	19.1%	14.5%	24.4%
Taiwan [10]	2000	1937	65+	32.5%	30.1%	34.9%
Japan [11]	2006	572	55-75	45.8%	41.7%	52.5%
Australia [12]	2001	1263	65+	43%	35%	52%
New Zealand [13]	1997	814	65+	36.1%	24.7%	43.7%
Indonesia [14]	1996	204	60-75	25.0%	24.7%	25.2%
Korea [15]	2000	2188	50+	30.2%	28.5%	30.7%
Malaysia [16]	2005	60	50+	83.1%	NA	NA