Table 2.

Dietary iron intake in pregnant women in 11 European countries arranged according to the magnitude of median or mean iron intake. For comparison, iron intake in nonpregnant women of reproductive age in the same countries is shown as well. Only studies using dietary record methods are included.

Country	Median or mean∗ dietary iron intake in pregnant women mg/day	Reference	Median or mean∗ dietary iron intake in nonpregnant women mg/day	Reference
Greece	15.4a+b∗	[24]
Czech Republic	14.0a∗; 15.3b∗; 16.3c∗	[18]
Portugal	14.4a+b+c∗	[31]
Germany	12.2a+b+c∗	[22]	12.2	[40]
Finland	11.4c	[20]	10.3	[41]
Norway	11b∗; 11c∗; 10b	[28]	10.0	[42]
England	10.1a; 8.0a∗; 11.5a∗	[36, 38, 39]	9.5	[43]
Croatia	9.5a; 10.1b; 11.2c	[17]
Poland	10.1c∗	[29]	10.7∗	[44]
Bosnia	8.6∗	[16]	7.6∗	[16]
Spain	8.3a∗; 8.5c∗	[32]	10.5∗	[45]

^∗Arithmetic mean, a = 1st trimester; b = 2nd trimester; c = 3rd trimester.