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. 2017 Jun 24;9(7):655. doi: 10.3390/nu9070655

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Risk of biochemical vitamin deficiency or anemia, by DS use and dietary vitamin/mineral inadequacy/insufficiency. Dietary inadequacy score reflects the combined number of vitamins and/or minerals for which intake is below the (A) Estimated Average Requirement (EAR) or (B) Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) for vitamins A, B6, B12, C, E, folate, and the mineral iron. Proportions are a percentage of the US population at risk of deficiency in one or more vitamin or with anemia according to biochemical measurements of nutritional status, and error bars reflect the SE. NHANES, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey; DS, dietary supplement; FSMV, full-spectrum multivitamin-multimineral supplement containing 12 or more vitamins and 7 to 16 minerals.