Table 4.
Overview of vitamin and supplement intake during the last month among healthy controls and Alzheimer’s disease patients with MCI and dementia
| Patients | ||||
| All | Controls | MCIa | ADb | |
| (n = 136) | (n = 63) | (n = 25) | (n = 48) | |
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
| Any vitamins in the last month, n (%) | 83 (61.0) | 39 (61.9) | 20 (80.0) | 24 (50.0) |
| Vitamins on the day of blood sampling, n (%) | 13 (9.6) | 4 (6.3) | 5 (20.0) | 4 (8.3) |
| Multivitamins, n (%) | 33 (24.3) | 19 (30.2) | 7 (28.0) | 7 (14.6) |
| Vitamin A, n (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vitamin B (1 and 6), n (%) | 13 (9.6) | 7 (11.1) | 2 (8.0) | 4 (8.3) |
| Vitamin B12, n (%) | 3 (2.2) | 1 (1.6) | 0 | 2 (4.2) |
| Folic Acid, n (%) | 2 (1.5) | 1 (1.6) | 0 | 1 (2.1) |
| TrioBe, n (%) | 9 (6.6) | 2 (3.2) | 4 (16.0) | 3 (6.3) |
| Vitamin C, n (%) | 19 (14.0) | 9 (14.3) | 1 (4.0) | 9 (18.8) |
| Vitamin D, n (%) | 12 (8.8) | 3 (4.8) | 3 (12.0) | 6 (12.5) |
| Vitamin E, n (%) | 1 (0.7) | 0 | 0 | 1 (2.1) |
| Calcium, n (%) | 10 (7.4) | 4 (6.3) | 4 (16.0) | 2 (4.2) |
| Omega-3 or Fish oil, n (%) | 61 (44.9) | 30 (47.6) | 14 (56.0) | 17 (35.4) |
| Other supplements, n (%) | 27 (19.9) | 10 (15.9) | 7 (28.0) | 10 (20.8) |
aMCI according to the Winblad criteria; bAlzheimer’s dementia according to the NINCDS-ADRDA criteria.