Table 4.

Mean and 25th to 75th percentile range (italicized) nutrient intakes (per kg day) according to age group.

Nutrient intake per kg day	0–2 months (N = 31)		3–5 months (N = 18)		6–8 months (N = 21)		9–12 months (N = 18)		13–18 months (N = 21)		19–24 months (N = 18)		25–36 months (N = 32)
Leucine (mg)	72	64–84	58	47–68	44	37–51	35	30–41	33	26–39	27	22–28	21	20–25
Energy (kcal)	111	103–119	99	94–107	89	82–99	78	71–87	67	55–77	57	49–71	38	39–51
Total protein (g)	2.4	2.1–2.6	2.3	1.9–2.6	2.2	1.8–2.5	2.0	1.5–2.5	2.1	1.8–2.4	2	1.7–2.3	1.5	1.5–2.9
Isoleucine supplement (mg)	4.4	0–7	2.3	0–3.6	2.7	0–3.9	2.6	0–3.6	3.8	2.1–5.1	3.7	1.0–3.6	5.5	3.5–6.2
Valine supplement (mg)	11.5	9.8–14.8	11.4	9.0–13.0	11.0	9.5–12.1	8.1	6.3–9.4	7.8	5.4–10.0	6.2	2.3–9.3	5.8	4.9–8.7
Alanine intake (mg)	233	200–262	209	197–234	206	193–225	189	168–218	178	159–199	159	140–192	117	114–149
Glutamine intake (mg)	416	361–471	363	337–405	358	332–400	320	288–371	294	252–337	256	221–318	184	181–235
Iron (mg)	2.2	1.9–2.5	2.1	1.9–2.2	2.1	2.0–2.2	2.0	1.6–2.2	2.0	1.8–2.1	1.8	1.5–2.1	1.3	1.3–1.6
Zinc (mg)	4.6	3.7–4.9	4.0	3.7–4.0	4.0	3.7–4.3	3.7	3.1–4.3	3.7	3.4–4.0	3.4	2.9–4.0	2.6	2.6–3.1
Selenium (μg)	7.0	5.7–7.5	6.2	5.7–7.0	6.2	5.7–6.6	5.7	4.8–6.6	5.7	5.3–6.2	5.3	4.4–6.2	4.0	4.0–4.8
Omega-3 fatty acids, as 18:3n – 3 (mg)	378	307–401	330	307–378	330	307–354	307	260–354	307	283–330	283	236–330	212	212–260
Leucine/energy ratio (mg/kcal)	0.65	0.57–0.72	0.58	0.48–0.66	0.50	0.43–0.56	0.46	0.37–0.53	0.50	0.43–0.58	0.48	0.38–0.58	0.54	0.44–0.55