Table 3.

Recommended dietary allowance (RDA), daily intake as quartiles and mean values, mean intake adequacy, and percentage of women with dietary intake deficiency for selected nutrients (N = 400), Lebanon 2018

Nutrienta	Nutrient intake represented in quartiles and mean values					Mean intake adequacy	% of women with intake deficiencye
	RDAb	Q1	Q2	Q3	Mean ± standard deviation (SD)	% ± SD
Total iron (mg)
	18c	9.67	11.33	13.51	11.80 ± 3.56	65.58 ± 19.77	58.50
	8d	9.44	11.22	13.07	11.42 ± 2.45	142.77 ± 30.64	1.00
Ascorbic acid (mg)
	75c	54.46	60.85	69.40	62.72 ± 14.38	83.63 ± 19.18	10.70
	75d	53.37	60.24	67.51	61.18 ± 9.62	81.58 ± 12.82	9.00
Folate (µg)
	400c	196.68	232.79	279.55	242.51 ± 75.65	60.63 ± 18.91	70.60
	400d	191.82	230.25	270.20	234.33 ± 53.02	58.58 ± 13.25	73.00
Vitamin B12 (µg)
	2.4c	2.20	2.92	3.85	3.09 ± 1.33	128.82 ± 55.49	8.00
	2.4d	2.10	2.87	3.66	2.95 ± 1.05	123.06 ± 43.95	4.00
Vitamin A (µg)
	700c	336.75	385.73	450.52	397.30 ± 90.47	56.76 ± 12.92	81.60
	700d	329.00	382.16	436.75	387.66 ± 71.66	55.38 ± 10.24	87.00

^aThe nutrients are energy-adjusted using the method of residuals (44).

^bRDA – recommended dietary allowance: mean daily intake level sufficient to meet the nutrient requirements of healthy individuals (45).

^cMean RDA values for women aged between 18 and 49 years (n = 300).

^dMean RDA values for women aged 50 years and more (n = 100).

^ePercentage of women consuming less than 2/3 RDA values for a certain nutrient.