Table 9.
Nutrient | Sex | Studies (n) | Pooled (n) | Unit | EAR | Mean | SD | Percentage below EAR* | 95% CI |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Iron | W M |
10 10 |
1314 572 |
mg/d | 5 6 |
6.5 10.8 |
2.7 11.9 |
9 10 |
7–11 8–12 |
Selenium | W M |
4 4 |
562 236 |
μg/d | 45 45 |
54.4 72 |
19.1 23.5 |
44 27 |
40–48 21–33 |
Zinc | W M |
9 9 |
1056 423 |
mg/d | 6.8 9.4 |
7 8.5 |
2.2 2.6 |
50 66 |
47–53 61–71 |
Iodine | W M |
2 2 |
338 110 |
μg/d | 95 95 |
57.7 68.4 |
28.3 31.1 |
78 67 |
73–82 58–76 |
Copper | W M |
2 2 |
486 170 |
mg/d | 0.7 0.7 |
0.98 0.99 |
0.4 0.17 |
27 25 |
23–31 18–32 |
Molybdenum | W M |
- - |
- - |
μg/d | 34 34 |
- | - | - | - |
Manganese | W M |
- |
- | mg/d | 1.8 + 2.3 + |
- | - | - | - |
Chromium | W M |
- |
- | μg/d | 20 + 34 + |
- | - | - | - |
EAR = Estimated Average Requirement, CI = Confidence Interval, += Adequate Intake, not enable to apply EAR cut-point method, *= Mean percentage of insufficient intake, calculated from EAR cut-point method,–Not available study.