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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr. 2012 Jun 18;161(5):837–842.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2012.05.009

Table 2.

Usual daily mean (SE) vitamin intakes from food sources only by dietary supplement use, gender, and age group in U.S. children and adolescents, 2003–20061,2

2–8 y old 9–13 y old 14–18 y old

Non-users
Users-Foods
Non-users
Users-Foods
Non-users
Users-Foods
Male n=1264 n=1009 n=1351
 Folate (DFE) 535 (12) 548 (20) 592 (19) 657 (43) 641 (20) 757 (35)
 Vitamin B6 (mg) 1.8 (0.1) 1.7 (0.1) 1.9 (0.05) 2.0 (0.1) 2.2 (0.1) 2.3 (0.2)
 Vitamin B12 (μg) 6.0 (0.2) 5.5 (0.3) 6.1 (0.2) 6.2 (0.3) 7.1 (0.3) 7.2 (0.6)
 Vitamin A (RAE) 664 (17) 642 (30) 678 (26) 714 (38) 628 (23) 704 (53)
 Vitamin C (mg) 103 (5) 100 (5) 80 (4) 87 (7) 88 (6) 95 (9)
 Vitamin D (μg) 7.8 (0.2) 7.6 (0.5) 6.3 (0.2) 6.8 (0.6) 6.0 (0.2) 6.5 (0.6)
 Vitamin E (ATE) 5.6 (0.1) 5.1 (0.2) 6.6 (0.2) 6.5 (0.4) 7.3 (0.3) 7.2 (0.4)
 Vitamin K (μg) 48.6 (1.6) 49.2 (5.4) 57.9 (2.1) 51.3 (6.4) 64.5 (2.8) 75 (8)
Female n=1337 n=1039 n=1250
 Folate (DFE) 506 (14) 476 (13) 510 (15) 582 (43) 478 (13) 512 (38)
 Vitamin B6 (mg) 1.6 (0.1) 1.5 (0.1) 1.6 (0.1) 1.7 (0.1) 1.5 (0.04) 1.5 (0.1)
 Vitamin B12 (μg) 5.2 (0.1) 4.8 (0.2) 4.9 (0.2) 4.9 (0.6) 4.2 (0.1) 4.5 (0.3)
 Vitamin A (RAE) 574 (16) 584 (23) 531 (23) 669 (58) 460 (15) 559 (59)
 Vitamin C (mg) 90 (3) 81 (4) 74 (4) 85 (9) 68 (3) 69 (7)
 Vitamin D (μg) 6.5 (0.3) 6.7 (0.4) 5.2 (0.3) 6.0 (0.9) 3.7 (0.2) 5.0 (0.5)
 Vitamin E (ATE) 5.1 (0.1) 5.0 (0.2) 5.6 (0.2) 6.8 (0.5) 5.6 (0.2) 5.6 (0.3)
 Vitamin K (μg) 49.8 (2) 56 (6) 58.3 (1.8) 69 (24) 59.4 (2.1) 55 (5)

DFE = Dietary Folate Equivalent; RAE = Retinol Activity Equivalent; ATE = Alpha Tocopherol Equivalent

1

Vitamin intakes for non-users and users of dietary supplements are from food sources only. Vitamins contributed from dietary supplements are not included in the estimates.

2

Values presented as mean (SE). No significant difference existed between users and non-users of dietary supplements.