Table 2.

Daily micronutrient intake in vegetarian (V) and non-vegetarian (NV) elderly males (m) and females (f) (mean ± SD)

Micronutrients	Gender	V	NV	RDI
Calcium (mg)	m	1096 ± 371	969 ± 399	800-1000
	f	894 ± 306	858 ± 265	800-1000
Iron (mg)	m	15.7 ± 3.4†	13.2 ± 1.5†	9
	f	12.5 ± 5.6†	12.8 ± 3.0†	8
Zinc (mg)	m	13.3 ± 3.8	11.9 ± 1.8†	10
	f	13.0 ± 8.3	12.0 ± 4.3†	9
Sodium (mg)	m	4083 ± 1231	4911 ± 831†	575-3500
	f	2861 ± 907*	4944 ± 971†	575-3500
Potassium (mg)	m	3976 ± 794*,†	3127 ± 395	1600-3100
	f	3217 ± 963	3203 ± 580	1600-3100
Phosphorus (mg)	m	1672 ± 429†	1395 ± 443	1000
	f	1396 ± 658†	1322 ± 307†	1000
Magnesium (mg)	m	388 ± 129*	248 ± 46†	325
	f	340 ± 190*	252 ± 74	275
Vit A (mg)	m	0.70 ± 0.21*	1.13 ± 0.10†	0.7
	f	0.55 ± 0.21*	1.06 ± 0.21†	0.6
Beta-carotene (mg)	m	1.30 ± 0.92	1.07 ± 0.49	-
	f	1.01 ± 0.41	1.04 ± 0.42	-
Vit B1 (mg)	m	1.60 ± 0.61*,†	0.99 ± 0.16	1
	f	1.41 ± 1.22	1.08 ± 0.45	1
Vit B2 (mg)	m	1.82 ± 0.41*	1.20 ± 0.20†	1.5
	f	1.51 ± 0.62	1.24 ± 0.36	1.3
Vit B6 (mg)	m	1.50 ± 0.42†	1.56 ± 0.18†	1.1
	f	1.21 ± 0.42*,†	1.47 ± 0.26†	1.0
Vit D (μg)	m	0.31 ± 0.01	0.27 ± 0.05	-
	f	0.11 ± 0.02*	0.23 ± 0.08	-
Vit C (mg)	m	162 ± 47*,†	96 ± 35	70
	f	149 ± 82†	123 ± 46†	70

*Significantly different with NV (p < 0.05)

†Significantly different from Recommended Daily Intake (RDI) (p < 0.05)