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. 2017 Aug 11;9(8):860. doi: 10.3390/nu9080860

Table 8.

Usual intake of vitamin E (mg/day) from food, fortified food and supplements in Belgian women (3–64 years), Belgian study on the intake of vitamins A, D, E and K (VITADEK-study) 2015.

Percentiles
Age Usual Intake (CI) % Contribution 5 50 95 97.5 AI (2) % Inadequate (3) UL % >UL
3–6 Food 7.0 (6.6–7.6) 82.4 3.4 6.6 12.2 13.7 6–9 (1) ns 60 0
+ fortified food 8.0 (7.5–8.5) 11.8 3.9 7.5 13.9 15.7 ic (4) 0
  + supplements 8.5 (8.0–9.1) 5.9 4.1 7.9 15.3 17.6 ic 0
7–10 Food 8.8 (8.4–9.3) 87.1 4.5 8.3 14.9 16.6 9 ns 100 0
+ fortified food 9.7 (9.2–10.1) 8.9 4.9 9.1 16.4 18.1 ic 0
  + supplements 10.1 (9.5–10.5) 4 5.0 9.5 17.3 19.4 low 0
11–14 Food 9.5 (8.8–9.9) 89.6 4.9 9.0 16.0 17.8 11 ns 120 0
+ fortified food 10.3 (9.7–10.7) 7.5 5.3 9.7 7.2 19.2 ns 0
  + supplements 10.6 (9.9–11.0) 2.8 5.3 9.9 18.1 20.3 ns 0
15–17 Food 9.8 (9.0–10.1) 90.7 5.0 9.2 16.4 18.2 11 ns 130 0
+ fortified food 10.5 (9.8–10.9) 6.5 5.5 9.9 17.5 19.4 ns 0
  + supplements 10.8 (10.1–11.3) 2.8 5.5 10.2 18.3 20.6 ns 0
18–39 Food 9.7 (9.1–10.1) 83.6 5.0 9.1 16.2 18.1 11 ns 150 0
+ fortified food 10.4 (9.9–11.0) 6 5.4 9.8 17.4 19.3 ns 0
  + supplements 11.6 (10.9–13.1) 10.3 5.6 10.5 20.4 23.6 ns 0
40–64 Food 8.9 (8.5–9.6) 80.2 4.5 8.4 15.0 16.7 11 ns 150 0
+ fortified food 9.5 (9.0–10.4) 5.4 4.9 9.0 16.0 17.8 ns 0
  + supplements 11.1 (10.3–12.0) 14.4 5.1 9.8 21.1 25.3 ns 0

(1) AI for vitamin E is 6 mg/day in children aged 1-3 years and 9 mg/day in children aged 4–6 years old. (2) When not enough evidence is available to set an EAR, an AI is set. The AI is based on the average intake of an apparently healthy population. (3) When the median intake of the population lies above the AI, the risk for inadequate intake is low. Since the distribution of requirements is not known, no statement (ns) can be formulated on the adequacy of vitamin E when the median intake is lower than the AI. (4) ic: inconclusive within a certain age-group. EAR: Estimated average requirement; UL: upper intake level; AI: adequate intake.