Table 5.

Proportion of subjects consuming recommended amounts of micronutrients, including antioxidants, by diet groups.

Micronutrients	Recommended Dietary Intake (Men/Women)	Proportion of Subjects Consuming Recommended Amounts, %
		Women				Men
		Omnivores	Flexitarians	Vegetarians	p Value	Omnivores	Flexitarians	Vegetarians	p Value
Potassium, mg	≥4700	5.7 *	3.3 *	0.0	<0.05	18.8 *	12.2 *	11.1	<0.01
Calcium, mg	19–50 years ≥ 800; above 50 years ≥ 1000	10.9 *	11.9 *	25.0	>0.05	17.8 *	16.8 *	33.3	>0.05
Phosphorus, mg	≥700	73.2 *	60.8 *	50.0	<0.001	89.3 *	82.1 *	88.9	<0.001
Magnesium, mg	≥350/265	30.6 *	23.2	41.7	<0.001	28.0 *	21.0	22.2	<0.05
Iron, mg	≥18/10	33.3 *	26.0 *	41.7	<0.001	12.8 *	6.8 *	11.1	<0.01
Zinc, mg	≥11/8	43.0 *	30.0	25.0	<0.001	48.1 *	31.5	11.1	<0.001
Copper, mg	≥0.7	76.1 *	63.2 *	66.7	<0.001	88.1 *	80.1 *	66.7	<0.001
Manganese, mg	2.3/1.8	92.1	85.1	83.3	<0.001	91.2	85.8	88.9	<0.01
Vitamin A, µg	≥630/500	74.8	70.2	50.0	<0.01	74.1	69.9	77.8	>0.05
Vitamin E, mg	≥10/8	50.0 *	37.5	41.7	<0.001	52.4 *	39.5	66.7	<0.001
Vitamin B1, mg	≥1.1/0.9	48.6 *	34.4 *	50.0	<0.001	66.0 *	50.3 *	11.1	<0.001
Vitamin B2, mg	≥1.1/0.9	71.5 *	62.4	41.7	<0.001	74.7 *	64.2	44.4	<0.001
Niacin, mg	≥16/14	42.1 *	25.6 *	0.0	<0.001	63.0 *	43.7 *	0.0	<0.001
Vitamin B6, mg	≥1.1/1.3	60.5 *	45.2 *	33.3	<0.001	88.4 *	82.4 *	44.4	<0.001
Vitamin C, mg	≥75/60	48.3 *	44.3 *	41.7	>0.05	38.3 *	32.4 *	66.7	>0.05
Folate, µg	≥320	12.6 *	11.3 *	16.7	>0.05	29.8 *	21.3 *	33.3	<0.01
Vitamin B12, µg	≥2	50.2 *	45.9 *	25.0	>0.05	68.5 *	63.1 *	33.3	<0.01
Vitamin D, µg	≥10	2.5 *	2.9 *	0.0	>0.05	6.1 *	6.0 *	0.0	>0.05

* Statistically significant difference between women and men.