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. 2019 Apr 29;11(5):982. doi: 10.3390/nu11050982

Table 1.

Content of vitamin D3 (µg/100 g fillet) of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus sp.) from 1953–2018, either wild or farmed. If published, sampling year, number of samples (N, either analysed in single or as composite samples), mean ± SD and range are included.

Year of Salmon (Salmo Salar) Salmon (Oncorhynchus sp.)
Sampling Wild Farmed Wild x Farmed y
N mean ± SD Range N mean ± SD Range N mean ± SD Range N mean ± SD Range Ref
1953–1980 3 30 ± 24 a,c 8–55 [14]
1991 9 13 ± 3 8–16 [36]
1993 * 2 × 10 7.6 7.3–7.8 [37]
1996 11 18.7 ± 3.8 10–23 [38]
2002–2003 * 2 × 10 9.6 8.4–10.7 * 4 × 10 7.6 4.2–9.1 * 4 × 20 8.1 3.8–10.7 [15]
2007 b 24 6.2 ± 1.0 c 12 9.3 ± 1.6 c [35]
2007–2008 * 20 10 * 12 6.9 [17]
2007–2008 * 2 × 10 6.7 6.5–7.0 * 2 × 10 14.2 12.7–15.6 [18]
2011 * 9 7.0 [39]
2014 5 18.5 ± 4.6 15.7–26.6 -
2015 b 10 26.5 ± 5.6 10 5.9 ± 3.6 10 8.0 ± 3.4 [16]
2016 b 3 5.8 3.6–8.2 [19]
2016 5 9.4 ± 1.9 6.7–11.6 -
2018 12 6.0 ± 1.4 2.3–7.3 [18]

* Composite samples: a Biological assay; b Publication year; x O. gorbuscha and O. keta and O. sp.; y O. mykiss; ”-“ this study; c The specific name not included in the reference.