Table 1.
Intake of vitamin D (μg/day) with or without supplementation per age cohort per gender (data from the NDNS database before application of the model). Total: all persons with and without supplementation.
| Age Cohort | Supplement | Males | Females | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | s.e. | s.d. | n | Mean | s.e. | s.d. | n | ||
| 4–10 | No | 2.03 | 0.06 | 0.33 | 348 | 1.89 | 0.06 | 1.08 | 336 |
| Yes | 5.92 | 1.05 | 2.70 | 66 | 7.27 | n.a. | 10.63 | 53 | |
| Total | 2.65 | 0.10 | 2.03 | 414 | 2.62 | 0.22 | 4.42 | 389 | |
| 11–18 | No | 2.35 | 0.06 | 1.30 | 418 | 1.90 | 0.06 | 1.21 | 416 |
| Yes | 6.11 | n.a. | 3.31 | 27 | 6.04 | n.a. | 2.54 | 23 | |
| Total | 2.58 | 0.08 | 1.74 | 445 | 2.12 | 0.07 | 1.60 | 439 | |
| 19–64 | No | 3.13 | 0.09 | 2.18 | 613 | 2.50 | 0.07 | 1.80 | 769 |
| Yes | 9.43 | n.a. | 8.35 | 97 | 7.80 | 0.29 | 3.98 | 176 | |
| Total | 3.99 | 0.16 | 4.27 | 710 | 3.49 | 0.11 | 3.14 | 945 | |
| 65 plus | No | 3.85 | 0.21 | 2.57 | 146 | 2.76 | 0.12 | 1.57 | 160 |
| Yes | 8.84 | n.a. | 5.34 | 45 | 9.73 | 0.64 | 5.42 | 77 | |
| Total | 5.02 | 0.29 | 4.02 | 191 | 5.02 | 0.32 | 4.67 | 237 | |
s.e.: standard error. s.d.: standard deviation. n.a.: not applicable due to strata with single sample unit.