Table 10.

Perception and utilization of the dietary reference intakes for Japanese people.

	All	Male	Female	p-Value
I know about it and I use it.	8.3	8.9	7.7	0.072
I know about it, but I do not use it.	15.4	14.8	15.9
I have only heard about it.	42.9	40.5	45.2
I do not know about it.	33.5	35.8	31.2

n = 2000. The difference between males and females was examined using the chi-squared (χ²) test.