TABLE 1.

Percentages of all subjects by age group with intake of Med, Hi, and MedHi foods and consuming a probiotic supplement¹

Age, y	n	Med	Hi	MedHi	Probiotic supplement
≥2	74,466	59.0 ± 0.5	24.4 ± 0.4	65.1 ± 0.5	1.95 ± 0.15
2–18	28,375	52.3 ± 0.6	20.3 ± 0.6	59.2 ± 0.6	0.81 ± 0.14
2–8	11,626	55.0 ± 0.9	23.8 ± 0.8	63.1 ± 0.8	1.29 ± 0.24
9–18	16,749	50.5 ± 0.7	18.0 ± 0.6	56.4 ± 0.7	0.47 ± 0.12
≥19	46,091	61.0 ± 0.5	25.7 ± 0.5	67.0 ± 0.5	2.30 ± 0.17
19–50	25,071	58.6 ± 0.6	25.8 ± 0.5	64.6 ± 0.6	1.70 ± 0.17
≥51	21,020	64.5 ± 0.6	25.6 ± 0.6	70.3 ± 0.6	3.16 ± 0.30

¹Values are % ± SE of consumers. Sex-combined data from NHANES 2001–2018. Hi and Med were categories assigned to food codes; MedHi represented aggregated consumers of foods from Med, Hi, or both Med and Hi. Med, estimated to contain 10⁴–10⁷ CFU/g; Hi, estimated to contain >10⁷ CFU/g; MedHi, estimated to contain >10⁴ CFU/g.