TABLE 4.

Usual iron intake from food and/or supplements in children and adolescents 9–18 y of age and older by sex using data from the NHANES 2011–2014, estimated using the UCD/NCI SIMPLE macro¹

Sex	n	Inadequate intake, %	Total nutrient intake, mg/d	Nutrient intake from supplements, mg/d	25th percentile of total nutrient intake, mg/d	50th percentile (median) of total nutrient intake, mg/d	75th percentile of total nutrient intake, mg/d
Iron intake from food using the full probability method
Overall	2552	4.0 ± 0.7	15.1 ± 0.3	0.0 ± 0.0	11.5 ± 0.2	14.4 ± 0.2	17.9 ± 0.5
Male	1285	0.9 ± 0.4	17.0 ± 0.4	0.0 ± 0.0	13.5 ± 0.2	16.4 ± 0.3	19.9 ± 0.7
Female	1267	7.1 ± 1.1	13.2 ± 0.3	0.0 ± 0.0	10.3 ± 0.3	12.6 ± 0.2	15.5 ± 0.4
Iron intake from food and supplements using the full probability method
Overall	2552	3.8 ± 0.7	16.1 ± 0.3	1.0 ± 0.01	11.7 ± 0.2	14.8 ± 0.2	18.8 ± 0.6
Male	1285	0.8 ± 0.4	17.9 ± 0.4	0.9 ± 0.02	13.6 ± 0.3	16.8 ± 0.3	20.7 ± 0.7
Female	1267	6.8 ± 1.1	14.3 ± 0.3	1.2 ± 0.02	10.4 ± 0.3	12.9 ± 0.2	16.1 ± 0.5

¹Values are mean ± SE. Table reformatted from the output of the SIMPLE macro. NCI, National Cancer Institute; NHANES, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey; SIMPLE, Simulating Intake of Micronutrients for Policy Learning and Engagement; UCD, University of California, Davis.