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. 2023 Mar 2;22:14. doi: 10.1186/s12937-023-00847-8

Table 5.

Micronutrients, acceptable reporters

Acceptable reporters
(n = 83)
Without supplements With supplements Reference levels
Median
(25–75 percentiles)
% of EAR % below LI % above UL Median % of EAR % below LI % above UL EAR Lower intake level (LI) Upper intake level (UL)
median median women/men women/men both sexes
Vitamin A – RE/day 1228(921–1655) 225 0 2 1301(1020–1713) 253 0 2 500/600 400/500 3000
Vitamin D – μg/day 6.6(4–8.7) 87 4 0 12(7.1–48.6) 159 2 12 7.5 2.5 100
Vitamin E – mg/day 18.6(15.4–24.9) 358 0 0 20.5(16.7–29.2) 400 0 0 5/6 3/4 300
Vitamin K – μg/day 153.3(106.5–247) n/a n/a n/a 172.1(110.1–252.2) n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Vitamin B1 – mg/day 1(0.8–1.3) 98 2 n/a 1.1(0.8–2.1) 112 1 n/a 0.9/1.2 0.5/0.6 n/a
Vitamin B2 – mg/day 1.5(1.2–1.9) 119 3 n/a 1.7(1.2–2.7) 149 3 n/a 1.1/1.4 0.8 n/a
Vitamin C – mg/day 89(62–134) 166 0 1 124(72–205) 232 0 6 50/60 10 1000
Niacin – NE/day 36.6(30.7–45.2) 282 0 0 43(31.3–53.7) 308 0 0 12/15 9/12 900
Vitamin B6 – mg/day 1.4(1.1–1.6) 108 4 0 2.1(1.4–5.1) 152 2 6 1.1/1.6 0.8/1.0 25
Vitamin B12 – mg/day 5.4(4.2–7.8) 388 0 n/a 6.6(4.7–11.9) 473 0 n/a 1.4 1 n/a
Folate – μg/day 332(261–402) 166 0 0 383(287–573) 192 0 3 200 100 1000
Iodine – μg/day 217(173–290) 217 0 0 249(187–309) 249 0 0 100 70 600
Phosphorus – mg/day 1370(1125–1720) 304 0 0 1379(1132–1764) 306 0 0 450 300 3000
Iron – mg/day 9.2(7.7–11.8) 69 8 0 9.7(7.9–14.4) 108 8 5 10/7 5/7 25
Calcium – mg/day 849(672–1127) 170 4 0 916(692–1166) 183 4 0 500 500 2500
Potassium – mg/day 2866(2332–3448) n/a n/a 14 2879(2332–3456) n/a n/a 17 n/a n/a 3.7
Magnesium – mg/day 331(260–417) n/a n/a n/a 442(330–611) n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Sodium – mg/day 2783(2347–3645) n/a n/a n/a 2816(2439–3698) n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Selenium – μg/day 65.2(45.7–78.5) 193 0 1 76.2(51–105.3) 237 0 2 30/35 20 300
Zinc – mg/day 11(9.2–13.8) 203 0 1 13.8(9.8–19.6) 250 0 11 5/6 4/5 25

Recommendations according to Nordic Nutrition Recommendations 2012 [11]