TABLE 4.

Daily intakes of minerals as estimated by dietary records of adult (≥18 y) men and women participating in the CoASTAL cohort in comparison to adult (≥19 y) men and women sampled in NHANES 2001–2002¹²

	Men				Women
Minerals	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
Calcium, mg/d	764 ± 40	858 ± 38	666 ± 69*	984 ± 23	669 ± 24	696 ± 28	627 ± 42	735 ± 18
Phosphorous, mg/d	1349 ± 52	1523 ± 46	1169 ± 92**	1552 ± 25	1101 ± 27	1169 ± 27	997 ± 52**	1109 ± 18
Magnesium, mg/d	266 ± 8.7	306 ± 10	225 ± 13***	322 ± 6.2	233 ± 5.6	254 ± 6.4	202 ± 9.7***	240 ± 5.0
Iron,3mg/d	17 ± 0.6	18 ± 0.6	15 ± 1.0**	18 ± 0.4	15 ± 0.5	16 ± 0.6	13 ± 0.7**	13 ± 0.3
Potassium, mg/d	2696 ± 91	3200 ± 113	2175 ± 119***	3141 ± 55	2342 ± 57	2504 ± 59	2094 ± 107***	2341 ± 39
Zinc, mg/d	13 ± 0.5	14 ± 0.5	11 ± 0.9**	14 ± 0.3	10 ± 0.3	11 ± 0.4	9 ± 0.5***	10 ± 0.2
Copper, mg/d	1.1 ± 0.05	1.6 ± 0.07	1.1 ± 0.06***	1.5 ± 0.04	1.3 ± 0.03	1.2 ± 0.04	1.0 ± 0.06**	1.1 ± 0.02
Selenium, μg/d	135 ± 5.4	155 ± 5.9	115 ± 8.6***	125 ± 2.6	111 ± 2.9	119 ± 3.1	98 ± 5.5***	89 ± 1.8
Sodium, mg/d	1778 ± 115	2015 ± 133	1533 ± 186	3964 ± 55	1369 ± 70	1522 ± 96	1135 ± 92**	2853 ± 47

¹Values are mean ± SEM. Asterisks indicate different from plausible rEI: * P < 0.05, ** P < 0.01, *** P < 0.001.

²As estimated by 24-h recall from (36).

³Iron was normally distributed in both men and women of the CoASTAL cohort.