Table 8.
Usual intake and prevalence of intake inadequacy for vitamin C and thiamine among Chinese adults.
| Age Group | Vitamin C (mg/Day) | Thiamine (mg/Day) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean * (SE) | P25 * (SE) |
Median * (SE) | P75 * (SE) |
%Below EAR * (SE) | Mean * (SE) | P25 * (SE) |
Median * (SE) | P75 * (SE) |
%Below EAR (SE) | |
| Males | ||||||||||
| 18~49 | 78.69 (1.36) | 49.13 (1.12) | 71.97 (1.3) | 100.8 (1.67) | 62.65 (1.29) | 0.88 (0.01) | 0.65 (0.01) | 0.83 (0.01) | 1.06 (0.01) | 85.27 (0.84) |
| 50~64 | 83.08 (1.4) | 52.59 (1.11) | 76.18 (1.32) | 106.06 (1.73) | 58.54 (1.3) | 0.85 (0.01) | 0.63 (0.01) | 0.81 (0.01) | 1.03 (0.01) | 87.17 (0.74) |
| 65~79 | 78.11 (1.59) | 48.77 (1.29) | 71.33 (1.53) | 99.97 (1.89) | 63.38 (1.52) | 0.78 (0.01) | 0.57 (0.01) | 0.73 (0.01) | 0.93 (0.01) | 91.86 (0.54) |
| 80~ | 67.42 (2.89) | 40.8 (2.23) | 60.83 (2.75) | 87.1 (3.58) | 73.31 (2.86) | 0.69 (0.02) | 0.51 (0.02) | 0.65 (0.02) | 0.84 (0.02) | 95.65 (0.66) |
| Females | ||||||||||
| 18~49 | 75.2 (1.41) | 46.63 (1) | 68.54 (1.3) | 96.56 (1.79) | 66.09 (1.36) | 0.72 (0.01) | 0.53 (0.01) | 0.68 (0.01) | 0.87 (0.01) | 85.68 (0.66) |
| 50~64 | 79.66 (1.58) | 49.94 (1.13) | 72.91 (1.46) | 102 (1.98) | 61.78 (1.52) | 0.7 (0.01) | 0.51 (0.01) | 0.66 (0.01) | 0.84 (0.01) | 87.53 (0.62) |
| 65~79 | 74.48 (1.8) | 45.91 (1.33) | 67.71 (1.71) | 95.72 (2.23) | 66.77 (1.71) | 0.63 (0.01) | 0.46 (0.01) | 0.6 (0.01) | 0.77 (0.01) | 92.36 (0.46) |
| 80~ | 63.7 (2.81) | 37.93 (2.29) | 57.25 (2.81) | 82.15 (3.57) | 77.08 (2.51) | 0.56 (0.02) | 0.41 (0.01) | 0.53 (0.01) | 0.68 (0.02) | 96.03 (0.68) |
| Total | 77.67 (1.27) | 48.33 (0.97) | 70.91 (1.19) | 99.61 (1.6) | 63.69 (1.21) | 0.78 (0.01) | 0.57 (0.01) | 0.74 (0.01) | 0.95 (0.01) | 86.72 (0.62) |
*—Significant at p < 0.05 between age–sex groups.