. 2010 Dec 22;141(2):261–266. doi: 10.3945/jn.110.133025

TABLE 1.

Prevalence of dietary supplement use in the past month among the U.S. population aged ≥1 y by gender and DRI age groups¹

n	Age, y	Any supplement, %	MVMM	Botanical
Total
18,758	All ≥ 1	49 ± 0.9	33 ± 0.9	14 ± 0.6
1781	1–3	39 ± 1	26 ± 2	2 ± 0.4^a
1975	4–8	43 ± 2	32 ± 2	4 ± 1^a
2233	9–13	29 ± 2 ^a	20 ± 1^a	3 ± 1^a
2812	14–18	26 ± 2 ^a	16 ± 1^a	5 ± 1
2283	19–30	39 ± 1	27 ± 1	13 ± 1
3112	31–50	49 ± 1	35 ± 1	18 ± 1^b
2709	51–70	65 ± 2 ^b	44 ± 2^b	20 ± 1^b
1853	≥71	71 ± 1 ^b	46 ± 2^b	17 ± 1^b
Males
9490	All ≥ 1	44 ± 1	31 ± 1	13 ± 1
892	1–3	39 ± 2	27 ± 2	- ²
963	4–8	46 ± 3	35 ± 2^b	4 ± 1^a
1106	9–13	29 ± 2 ^a	18 ± 2^a	4 ± 1^a
1455	14–18	23 ± 1 ^a	14 ± 1^a	5 ± 1
1222	19–30	36 ± 2	25 ± 2	14 ± 1^b
1594	31–50	44 ± 1	32 ± 1	16 ± 1^b
1342	51–70	58 ± 2	40 ± 2^b	18 ± 1^b
916	≥71	66 ± 2 ^b	43 ± 2^b	18 ± 1^b
Females
9268	All ≥ 1	53 ± 1	36 ± 1	15 ± 1
889	1–3	38 ± 2	25 ± 2^a	3 ± 1^a
1012	4–8	40 ± 3	28 ± 3	3 ± 1^a
1127	9–13	29 ± 3^a	23 ± 3^a	2 ± 0.6^a
1357	14–18	30 ± 2^a	19 ± 2^a	6 ± 1
1061	19–30	43 ± 2	30 ± 1	13 ± 1
1518	31–50	55 ± 2	38 ± 2	21 ± 2^b
1367	51–70	72 ± 2^b	48 ± 2^b	21 ± 2^b
937	≥71	75 ± 2^b	48 ± 2^b	16 ± 1^b

All values are percentages ± SE. Superscripts denote sets within age and within gender and age groupings with prevalence estimates that are statistically indistinguishable from the lowest (^a) or highest (^b) population mean, as determined by Hsu's procedure with = 0.025.

Relative SE ≥ 40%; this estimate is not stable and is omitted.