Table 1. Basic characteristics of the study population.

	Vegans (n = 22)	Non-vegetarians (n = 19)	P-value for difference1
Age (y) 2	33 (24–50)	35 (24–52)	0.424
Gender
Females	16	11
Males	6	8
BMI (kg/m2) 2	21.9 (18.1–25.7)	22.6 (18.4–27.1)	0.528
Duration of vegan diet (y) 2	8.6 (2–16)	-	-
Multivitamin-mineralSupplement users (n)	7	123
Vitamin D supplement users (n)	15	103
Vitamin B12 supplement users (n)	16	33
Calcium supplement users (n)	6	13
Fish oil/n-3 supplement users (n)	1	83
Other nutrient supplement users (n)	7	123

¹ P-values are for difference between diets (Mann-Whitney).

² Values are means (min-max).

³ n = 17.