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. 2013 Nov 29;12:156. doi: 10.1186/1475-2891-12-156

Table 5.

Mean daily intake of selected vitamins, minerals, supplement use and salt intake of members of the NLCS-Meat Investigation Cohort by meat consumption status a

 
Men
Women
 
All confirmed vegetarians, pescetarians and low meat consumers from the total cohort
Random sample of meat consumers from the total cohort
 
Self-reported vegetarians
All confirmed vegetarians, pescetarians and low meat consumers from the total cohort
Random sample of meat consumers from the total cohort
 
Self-reported vegetarians
 
Vegetarian
Pescetarian
1 day/wk
2–5 day/wk
6–7 day/wk
 
 
Vegetarian
Pescetarian
1 day/wk
2–5 day/wk
6–7 day/wk
 
 
  n = 217 n = 152 n = 482 n = 1326 n = 2973 P b n = 416 n = 485 n = 242 n = 914 n = 1639 n = 2676 P b n = 734
Vitamins (from diet)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Retinol (mg)
1.14 ± 0.35
1.11 ± 0.37
1.09 ± 0.38
1.05 ± 0.37
1.01 ± 0.37
<0.001
1.14 ± 0.34
1.04 ± 0.36
1.05 ± 0.39
0.99 ± 0.37
0.93 ± 0.37
0.90 ± 0.38
<0.001
1.07 ± 0.37
 β-carotene (mg)
0.61 ± 0.35
0.59 ± 0.37
0.49 ± 0.32
0.42 ± 0.23
0.40 ± 0.21
<0.001
0.60 ± 0.34
0.60 ± 0.36
0.64 ± 0.39
0.52 ± 0.34
0.44 ± 0.26
0.41 ± 0.23
<0.001
0.64 ± 0.37
 Vitamin B1 (mg)
1.25 ± 0.26
1.23 ± 0.25
1.14 ± 0.23
1.15 ± 0.19
1.22 ± 0.22
<0.001
1.25 ± 0.25
1.04 ± 0.24
1.03 ± 0.21
0.96 ± 0.20
0.99 ± 0.17
1.06 ± 0.19
<0.001
1.04 ± 0.22
 Vitamin B2 (mg)
1.62 ± 0.38
1.63 ± 0.39
1.61 ± 0.42
1.59 ± 0.37
1.57 ± 0.36
<0.001
1.63 ± 0.39
1.51 ± 0.39
1.52 ± 0.38
1.48 ± 0.41
1.47 ± 0.36
1.44 ± 0.34
<0.001
1.52 ± 0.38
 Vitamin B3 (mg)
14.7 ± 3.6
16.7 ± 5.0
16.2 ± 4.4
15.6 ± 3.8
15.4 ± 4.1
<0.001
15.4 ± 3.8
11.8 ± 3.2
12.9 ± 3.1
12.6 ± 3.3
12.6 ± 2.9
12.4 ± 3.0
<0.001
12.2 ± 3.2
 Vitamin B6 (mg)
1.42 ± 0.27
1.40 ± 0.29
1.37 ± 0.31
1.48 ± 0.25
1.57 ± 0.28
<0.001
1.45 ± 0.29
1.15 ± 0.25
1.17 ± 0.23
1.17 ± 0.27
1.28 ± 0.23
1.37 ± 0.24
<0.001
1.19 ± 0.26
 Vitamin B11 (μm)
252 ± 55
250 ± 61
232 ± 69
227 ± 64
222 ± 65
<0.001
253 ± 57
217 ± 60
218 ± 52
204 ± 62
200 ± 59
197 ± 62
<0.001
223 ± 58
 Vitamin C (mg)
123 ± 51
122 ± 57
108 ± 51
101 ± 42
97 ± 41
<0.001
124 ± 52
127 ± 54
122 ± 50
117 ± 56
109 ± 44
106 ± 42
<0.001
128 ± 51
 Vitamin E (mg)
16.1 ± 6.0
15.3 ± 5.1
15.4 ± 5.1
15.4 ± 5.6
14.4 ± 5.6
<0.001
16.2 ± 5.4
12.9 ± 4.4
13.1 ± 4.4
12.9 ± 4.9
12.4 ± 4.6
11.8 ± 4.4
<0.001
13.2 ± 4.4
Minerals
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Calcium (mg)
1238 ± 379
1242 ± 395
1160 ± 380
991 ± 291
934 ± 294
<0.001
1211 ± 391
1144 ± 327
1117 ± 324
1062 ± 335
927 ± 275
875 ± 263
<0.001
1125 ± 323
 Phosphor (mg)
1726 ± 293
1758 ± 312
1647 ± 313
1542 ± 256
1528 ± 255
<0.001
1728 ± 309
1453 ± 260
1471 ± 250
1388 ± 282
1324 ± 240
1318 ± 228
<0.001
1460 ± 257
 Magnesium (mg)
435 ± 103
449 ± 120
389 ± 91
355 ± 59
329 ± 53
<0.001
436 ± 104
360 ± 87
369 ± 87
322 ± 72
292 ± 47
289 ± 46
<0.001
363 ± 85
 Iron (mg)
14.4 ± 2.8
15.0 ± 2.9
13.6 ± 2.7
13.2 ± 2.3
13.3 ± 2.4
<0.001
14.6 ± 2.6
11.8 ± 2.3
12.3 ± 2.4
11.4 ± 2.1
11.5 ± 2.0
11.7 ± 2.0
<0.001
12.0 ± 2.2
 Potassium (mg)
3768 ± 634
3771 ± 749
3656 ± 727
3684 ± 585
3763 ± 605
<0.001
3796 ± 673
3261 ± 607
3312 ± 618
3229 ± 658
3288 ± 532
3348 ± 544
<0.001
3313 ± 598
 Dietary cholesterol (mg)
197 ± 83
228 ± 84
227 ± 73
265 ± 67
287 ± 78
<0.001
213 ± 81
177 ± 66
187 ± 66
200 ± 67
229 ± 58
245 ± 61
<0.001
188 ± 66
 Dietary fiber (g)
40.3 ± 8.8
39.3 ± 9.6
34.8 ± 9.0
29.8 ± 7.3
28.1 ± 6.8
<0.001
39.6 ± 8.9
32.6 ± 7.3
32.5 ± 7.0
29.3 ± 7.1
25.6 ± 5.8
24.6 ± 5.5
<0.001
32.4 ± 7.1
Supplement use (number of sup/day)
0.9 ± 1.2
0.9 ± 1.2
0.8 ± 1.1
0.4 ± 0.9
0.3 ± 0.6
<0.001
0.9 ± 1.2
1.3 ± 1.3
1.3 ± 1.3
1.0 ± 1.3
0.6 ± 0.9
0.5 ± 0.8
<0.001
1.33 ± 1.3
NaCl (mg) (from foods)
5800 ± 2150
6496 ± 2331
6127 ± 2410
6316 ± 2054
6693 ± 2231
<0.001
6073 ± 2302
4678 ± 1743
4964 ± 1740
5203 ± 9097
5158 ± 1639
5433 ± 1813
<0.001
4869 ± 1672
Salt added during cooking (g) 1.67 ± 2.58 1.96 ± 2.07 2.65 ± 3.22 4.01 ± 4.06 4.43 ± 4.32 <0.001 1.94 ± 2.69 1.55 ± 2.34 2.14 ± 2.51 3.00 ± 4.13 3.86 ± 4.05 3.99 ± 4.26 <0.001 1.94 ± 2.69

Values are mean ± SD.

Nutrients are adjusted for total energy intake (using residuals).

aExcluding prevalent cancer cases at baseline.

bP values are derived from one way anova comparing the five meat consumption groups (vegetarian, pescetarian, 1 day/wk-, 2–5 day/wk-, and 6–7 day/wk meat consumers).