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. 2015 May 15;7(5):3652–3665. doi: 10.3390/nu7053652

Table 1.

Reported dietary intake of individuals with anorexia nervosa (by subtype and quartile) and percent not meeting the Dietary Reference Intakes.

Quartile 1 Quartile 2 Quartile 3 Quartile 4
Restrictor (n = 12) Binge/Purge (n = 8) Restrictor (n = 11) Binge / Purge (n = 7) Restrictor (n = 12) Binge / Purge (n = 7) Restrictor (n = 11) Binge / Purge (n = 7)
DRI1
*EAR **AI
Mean (95% CI) % Below EAR Mean (95% CI) % Below EAR Mean (95% CI) % Below EAR Mean (95% CI) % Below EAR Mean (95% CI) % Below EAR Mean (95% CI) % Below EAR Mean (95% CI) % Below EAR Mean (95% CI) % Below EAR
Energy (kcal) 736
(567–904)
671
(571–771)
1308
(1194–1421)
1082
(965–1200)
1799
(1706–1892)
1662
(1445–1880)
2639
(2130–3147)
4102
(2301–5904)
*Carbohydrate (g) 100 110
(81–138)
50 128
(104–151)
25 203
(175–230)
0 161
(122–200)
0 252
(233–270)
0 238
(208–267)
0 382
(316–448)
0 533
(278–788)
0
Protein (g) 33
(22–44)
22
(15–29)
54
(45–63)
41
(25–56)
78
(67–88)
59
(39–80)
93
(76–110)
143
(65–221)
Fat (g) 17
(13–23)
17
(7.6–16)
35
(30–40)
33
(23–43)
54
(46–63)
57
(46–68)
84
(58–110)
159
(78–240)
**Dietary Fiber (g) 25 12
(6.4–17)
12
(7–18)
19
(14–23)
12
(0.2–24)
21
(14–28)
17
(10–24)
27
(21–33)
31
(19–43)
*Calcium (mg) 800 545
(291–799)
75 451
(281–621)
88 761
(578–944)
55 676
(306–1046)
57 1073
(829–1317)
25 926
(413–1440)
57 1514
(1191–1838)
9 2271
(769–3772)
0
*Iron (mg) 8.1 7.9
(4.1–12)
67 9
(2.9–16)
63 15
(10–19)
9 10
(6–13)
43 18
(13–22)
0 15
(8–23)
29 24
(17–31)
0 28
(15–40)
0
*Phosphorus (mg) 580 607
(403–811)
42 453
(308–597)
63 962
(814–1109)
0.0 812.7
(470–1156)
29 1355.6
(1156–1556)
0 1063
(714–1413)
0 1745
(1453–2037)
0 2815
(1052–4578)
0
*Thiamin (mg) 0.9 0.7
(0.4–0.9)
67 1
(0.4–1.7)
75 1
(1.1–1.6)
0.0 1.0
(0.7–1.3)
43 1.7
(1.5–2.0)
0 1.5
(1.1–1.9)
14 2.6
(1.9–3.4)
0 3.43
(1.7–5.2)
0
*Riboflavin (mg) 0.9 1.1
(0.8–1.5)
25 2
(0.9–2.0)
0.0 2
(1.4–2.0)
0.0 2.6
(0.4–4.7)
14 2.4
(2.1–2.8)
0 2.1
(1.3–2.8)
0 3.8
(2.7–4.9)
0 5.3
(1.9–8.8)
0
*Niacin 11 8.6
(5.5–12)
67 13
(4.8–21)
75 19
(14–23)
9 11.6
(8.3–15)
29 23.3
(19–28)
0 18.5
(13–24)
0 35.0
(25–45)
0 43.9
(22–665)
0
*Folate (µg) 320 234
(145–324)
75 291
(158–423)
63 458
(316–601)
18 235
(115–355)
71 497
(341–654)
25 434
(228–640)
43 690
(499–882)
9 764
(343–1185)
14
*Vitamin B6 (mg) 1.1 0.9
(0.6–1.3)
67 1
(0.2–1.8)
88 2
(1.2–1.8)
27 1.0
(0.5–1.4)
71 2.1
(1.3–2.9)
8 1.6
(0.8–2.4)
43 3.1
(2.3–4.0)
0 3.6
(1.4–5.8)
0
*Vitamin B12 (µg) 2 2.2
(1.0–3.4)
58 2
(0.3–4.3)
63 3
(2.0–3.9)
18 3.2
(1.3–5.0)
43 5.8
(3.9–8.0)
0 4.8
(2.0–7.6)
29 8.4
(5.8–11.0)
0 11.7
(1.6–22)
0
*Vitamin C (mg) 60 70
(38–102)
50 85
(25–146)
50 77
(37–117)
55 44
(2–87)
71 116
(76–157)
17 96
(39–153)
14 129
(85–174)
27 107
(54–160)
29
*Vitamin A(µg RE) 500 503
(286–720)
50 536
(110–962)
50 850
(580–1120)
18 567
(229–905)
57 811
(543–1078)
33 916
(374–1457)
29 1235
(887–1584)
9 2421
(449–4394)
0
*Vitamin D (µg) 10 1.7
(0.5–2.9)
100 2
(0.6–2.4)
100 3
(2.4–4.5)
100 2.5
(0.5–4.6)
100 6.0
(3.2–8.9)
92 4.3
(1.6–7.0)
100 6.7
(4.6–8.8)
91 14.7
(3.9–26)
43
*Vitamin E (mg) 12 2.7
(1.5–3.9)
100 5
(0.3–9.9)
88 6
(4.0–7.0)
100 4.4
(2.2–6.5)
100 8.7
(5.0–12)
67 6.2
(4.2–8.2)
100 16.2
(9.6–23)
64 12.2
(8.8–16)
57
**Vitamin K (µg) 90 88
(34–142)
112
(7–217)
112
(47–178)
68
(19–117)
90
(49–131)
107
(35–247)
139
(69–208)
143
(75–211)
*Selenium (µg) 45 39
(27–52
67 37
(17–56)
88 76
(65–88)
9 59
(37–80)
43 107
(88–126)
0 83
(47–119)
14 125
(104–146)
0 202
(89–314)
0
*Zinc (mg) 6.8 5.4
(3.4–7.3)
67 7
(2.6–5.7)
88 9
(6.4–12)
27 5.6
(3.0–8.2)
86 10.6
(9.6–12)
0 9.6
(5.3–14)
29 16.3
(12–21)
0 19.9
(7.2–33)
0

1 DRI, Dietary Reference Intakes; * EAR, Estimated Average Requirement; ** AI, Adequate Intake.