Table 5.

Percentage of EAR or AI which was the intake of vitamins and minerals from food supplements.

Nutrients	Total			Men			Women			Men vs. Women
	Median	Mean ± SD	Min –max	Median	Mean ±SD	Min–max	Median	Mean ± SD	Min–max	p-value
Vitamin A	127	121 ± 38	48–160	111	112 ± 37	63–160	143	127 ± 39	48–160	0.3837
Vitamin E	150	159 ± 141	45–1,000	150	144 ± 66	60–375	150	170 ± 176	45–1,000	0.9824
Thiamin	122	184 ± 339	37–2,273	122	120 ± 16	100–150	122	214 ± 408	37–2,273	0.2053
Riboflavin	156	209 ± 333	47–2,273	156	153 ± 20	127–191	156	237 ± 410	47–2,273	0.3473
Niacin	145	155 ± 53	44–300	145	147 ± 30	107–200	145	158 ± 61	44–300	0.4253
Vitamin B6	127	219 ± 343	32–2,308	127	186 ± 184	50–909	143	235 ± 399	32–2,308	0.8621
Folic acid	59	74 ± 47	13–188	63	70 ± 36	44–178	44	76 ± 51	13–188	0.5959
Vitamin B12	125	249 ± 729	34–5,000	125	149 ± 109	40–500	125	294 ± 876	34–5,000	0.9710
Vitamin C	133	456 ± 655	20–3,077	133	559 ± 793	20–3,077	133	398 ± 566	20–2,667	0.8786
Vitamin D	67	183 ± 172	17–667	33	111 ± 131	17–333	333	227 ± 180	33–667	0.0108
Pantothenic acid	120	145 ± 78	36–500	128	138 ± 24	120–180	120	147 ± 90	36–500	0.5241
Vitamin K	46	55 ± 15	38–91	46	55 ± 20	45–91	55	55 ± 14	38–77	0.6993
Biotin	167	478 ± 1, 296	50–8,333	167	208 ± 64	167–333	208	607 ± 1, 570	50–8,333	0.4406
Calcium	16	27 ± 27	7–100	12	12 ± 3	8–16	16	32 ± 30	7–100	0.0479
Magnesium	38	38 ± 22	9–114	34	36 ± 25	9–113	38	39 ± 21	9–114	0.3086
Iron	83	155 ± 191	13–933	124	122 ± 105	13–375	83	172 ± 224	13–933	0.7449
Zinc	74	94 ± 53	11–213	90	93 ± 62	11–184	74	95 ± 48	22–213	0.7613
Copper	71	86 ± 53	21–214	143	108 ± 49	21–143	71	69 ± 51	21–214	0.0389
Manganese	87	84 ± 36	33–174	87	86 ± 19	56–111	71	83 ± 44	33–174	0.4838
Iodine	105	125 ± 42	53–211	105	129 ± 40	79–211	105	123 ± 43	53–211	0.6888
Selenium	67	86 ± 48	18–222	78	88 ± 34	18–122	67	84 ± 55	18–222	0.2909
Phosphorus	22	23 ± 7	18–44	22	21 ± 2	18–22	22	24 ± 9	18–44	1.0000
Potassium	4	5 ± 4	1–9	4	4 ± 3	1–9	9	6 ± 4	1–9	0.5303

SD, standard deviation; *Mann-Whitney U test.