TABLE 1. Prevalence of any dietary supplement use and use of two or more dietary supplements in the past 30 days among children and adolescents (persons aged ≤19 years), by selected characteristics — United States, 2017–2018.
| Characteristic | No. | % (95% CI) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Any dietary supplement | ≥2 dietary supplements | ||
|
Total
|
3,683
|
34.0 (30.2–37.9)
|
7.1 (5.6–8.9)
|
|
Sex
| |||
| Female |
1,829 |
37.3 (33.7–41.0) |
7.7 (5.9–9.8) |
| Male |
1,854 |
30.8 (25.2–36.9)* |
6.5 (4.5–9.2) |
|
Age group (yrs)
| |||
| <2 |
591 |
21.8 (16.3–28.2) |
2.4 (0.6–6.1)† |
| 2–5 |
784 |
43.3 (37.6–49.2)§ |
8.3 (6.1–10.9)§ |
| 6–11 |
1,115 |
37.5 (33.5–41.6)§,¶ |
5.9 (3.6–8.9) |
| 12–19 |
1,193 |
29.7 (24.1–35.7)§,¶,** |
8.5 (5.9–11.6)§ |
|
Race, Hispanic origin
| |||
| White, non-Hispanic |
1,214 |
39.9 (33.5–46.5)††,§§ |
8.6 (5.9–11.9)†† |
| Black, non-Hispanic |
816 |
20.8 (16.4–25.8) |
1.8 (0.7–3.7) |
| Asian, non-Hispanic |
357 |
41.1 (32.1–50.6)††,§§ |
9.3 (5.3–14.8)†† |
| Hispanic |
935 |
26.9 (20.9–33.6) |
6.0 (3.6–9.2)†† |
|
Family income relative to poverty level
| |||
| ≤130% of FPL |
1,328 |
23.5 (16.6–31.7) |
4.0 (1.9–7.2)† |
| >130% to ≤350% of FPL |
1,209 |
34.5 (29.2–40.2) |
7.0 (5.5–8.7) |
| >350% of FPL |
706 |
45.9 (39.2–52.8)¶¶ |
11.1 (6.7–17.0)¶¶ |
|
Education of household head
| |||
| Less than high school graduation or equivalent |
638 |
17.8 (11.9–25.0) |
1.8 (0.6–4.2) |
| High school graduation or equivalent or some college or associate degree |
2,030 |
33.7 (29.0–38.6) |
6.9 (5.2–8.8) |
| College graduate or above | 788 | 46.0 (39.3–52.9)*** | 10.8 (7.6–14.6)*** |
Abbreviations: CI = confidence interval; FPL = federal poverty level.
* Significantly different (p<0.05) from females.
† Estimate does not meet standards of reliability.
§ Significantly different (p<0.05) from age group <2 years.
¶ Significantly different (p<0.05) from age group 2–5 years.
** Significantly different (p<0.05) from age group 6–11 years.
†† Significantly different (p<0.05) from non-Hispanic Black children and adolescents.
§§ Significantly different (p<0.05) from Hispanic children and adolescents.
¶¶ Statistically significant linear trend (p<0.05) for household income.
*** Statistically significant linear trend (p<0.05) for education of household head.