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. 2010 May;140(5):992–998. doi: 10.3945/jn.109.114629

TABLE 3.

Daily intakes of vitamins as estimated by dietary records of adult (≥18 y) men and women participating in the CoASTAL cohort compared with adult (≥20 y) men and women sampled in NHANES 2001–200212

Men
Women
Vitamins Total sample Plausible rEI Implausible rEI NHANES 01–02 Total sample Plausible rEI Implausible rEI NHANES 01–02
n 175 89 86 2380 243 147 96 2267
Vitamin A,3RAE/d 607 ± 39 663 ± 34 549 ± 70 656 ± 29 560 ± 21 585 ± 27 523 ± 33 564 ± 18
    Vitamin E, mg α- tocopherol/d 6.9 ± 0.4 8.1 ± 0.4 5.6 ± 0.5** 8.2 ± 0.2 6.8 ± 0.3 7.8 ± 0.4 5.3 ± 0.4*** 6.3 ± 0.2
    Vitamin C, mg/d 68 ± 4.6 82 ± 6.7 54 ± 5.9** 105 ± 37 72 ± 4.6 79 ± 4.4 62 ± 5.5* 84 ± 2.6
    Vitamin K, μg/d 71 ± 7.0 89 ± 12.9 52 ± 4.2** 89 ± 4.7 76 ± 4.3 80 ± 4.8 70 ± 8.1 96 ± 6.5
    Thiamin, mg/d 1.9 ± 0.09 2.0 ± 0.06 1.8 ± 0.2 1.9 ± 0.04 1.6 ± 0.09 1.7 ± 0.4 1.4 ± 0.08*** 1.4 ± 0.03
    Riboflavin, mg/d 2.6 ± 0.1 3.1 ± 0.2 2.1 ± 0.2** 2.6 ± 0.06 2.1 ± 0.07 2.2 ± 0.08 1.8 ± 0.1** 1.9 ± 0.04
    Niacin4, mg/d 26 ± 1.0 30 ± 1.0 23 ± 1.7*** 27 ± 0.6 21 ± 0.5 23 ± 0.6 18 ± 0.9*** 19 ± 0.4
    Vitamin B-6, mg/d 2.1 ± 0.1 2.5 ± 0.1 1.8 ± 0.1** 2.2 ± 0.06 1.7 ± 0.06 1.9 ± 0.08 1.5 ± 0.08*** 1.5 ± 0.04
    Folate,3DFE/d 565 ± 25 606 ± 22 523 ± 46 636 ± 18 511 ± 16 554 ± 20 446 ± 26** 483 ± 17
    Vitamin B-12, μg/d 9.3 ± 0.8 11.0 ± 1.3 7.6 ± 0.9* 6.5 ± 0.3 8.6 ± 0.8 9.3 ± 1.2 7.5 ± 1.1 4.3 ± 0.2
1

Values are mean ± SEM. Asterisks indicate different from plausible rEI: * P < 0.05, ** P < 0.01, *** P < 0.00.

2

As estimated by 24-h recall from (36).

3

RAE, retinol activity equivalents; DFE, dietary folate equivalents.

4

Preformed niacin only.