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. 2020 Nov 11;12(2):298–304. doi: 10.1093/advances/nmaa140

TABLE 3.

Calculation of BW-corrected RDAs for adult age/gender groups1

EARBWCorr,2 RDABWCorr, mg Mg/d
Gender group/age, y RDA, mg Mg/d mg Mg/d 10% CV 20% CV 30% CV
Men
 19–30 400 386 463 (+16%) 540 (+35%) 617 (+54%)
 ≥31 420 409 491 (+17%) 573 (+36%) 654 (+56%)
Women
 19–30 310 319 383 (+23%) 447 (+44%) 511 (+65%)
 ≥31 320 332 398 (+24%) 465 (+45%) 531 (+66%)
1

BW, body weight; EAR, estimated average requirement; EARBWCorr, body weight-corrected estimated average requirement; RDABWCorr, body weight-corrected RDA.

2

Calculated in Table 2.