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Table 3 Individuals with micronutrient intakes below dietary reference values

From: Association between added sugar intake and micronutrient dilution: a cross-sectional study in two adult Swedish populations

Riksmaten Adults

Malmö Diet and Cancer Study

 

Added Sugar Intake (%E)

  

Added Sugar Intake (%E)

 
 

DRVsa

<  5%

5–7.5%

7.5–10%

10–15%

15–20%

>  20%

p-trendsb

DRVs(1)

<  5%

5–7.5%

7.5–10%

10–15%

15–20%

> 20%

p-trendsb

Average Requirements (ARs)c

 Males

  Calcium

500 mg/day

22 (16.8%)

17 (9.9%)

14 (8.4%)

17 (7.4%)

7 (9.0%)

4 (28.6%)

0.083

500 mg/day

20 (3.8%)

16 (1.6%)

15 (1.0%)

23 (1.3%)

12 (2.4%)

10 (6.6%)

0.896

  Folate

200 μg/day

41 (31.3%)

46 (26.7%)

28 (16.9%)

42 (18.2%)

21 (26.9%)

7 (50.0%)

0.112

200 μg/day

103 (19.6%)

204 (19.8%)

229 (15.9%)

335 (18.5%)

105 (20.8%)

48 (31.8%)

0.179

  Iron

7 mg/day

19 (14.5%)

12 (7.0%)

10 (6.0%)

10 (4.3%)

10 (12.8%)

3 (21.4%)

0.232

7 mg/day

2 (0.4%)

2 (0.2%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.1%)

2 (0.4%)

0 (0.0%)

0.536

  Selenium

35 μg/day

37 (28.2%)

37 (21.5%)

31 (18.7%)

60 (26.0%)

22 (28.2%)

9 (64.3%)

0.238

35 μg/day

125 (23.8%)

276 (26.8%)

405 (28.1%)

578 (31.9%)

196 (38.7%)

95 (62.9%)

<  0.001

  Vitamin C

60 mg/day

59 (45.0%)

52 (30.2%)

53 (31.9%)

65 (28.1%)

25 (32.1%)

7 (50.0%)

0.050

60 mg/day

160 (30.5%)

323 (31.4%)

383 (26.5%)

458 (5.2%)

107 (21.1%)

38 (25.2%)

<  0.001

  Vitamin D

7.5 μg/day

88 (67.2%)

106 (61.6%)

101 (60.8%)

140 (60.6%)

53 (67.9%)

11 (78.6%)

0.942

7.5 μg/day

152 (29.0%)

287 (27.9%)

360 (24.9%)

488 (26.9%)

193 (38.1%)

81 (53.6%)

<  0.001

  Zinc

6 mg/day

8 (6.1%)

1 (0.6%)

4 (2.4%)

4 (1.7%)

1 (1.3%)

2 (14.3%)

0.316

6 mg/day

2 (0.4%)

1(0.1%)

1 (0.1%)

5 (0.3%)

4 (0.8%)

4 (2.6%)

0.003

 Females

  Calcium

500 mg/day

25 (17.6%)

27 (12.2%)

24 (10.9%)

27 (9.3%)

13 (13.4%)

6 (17.1%)

0.195

500 mg/day

12 (2.2%)

20 (1.6%)

20 (1.1%)

36 (1.5%)

10 (1.7%)

9 (5.6%)

0.369

  Folate

200 μg/day

47 (33.1%)

54 (24.4%)

53 (24.1%)

89 (30.7%)

41 (42.3%)

16 (45.7%)

0.019

200 μg/day

124 (23.1%)

315 (25.0%)

466 (26.3%)

718 (29.5%)

212 (35.3%)

82 (50.9%)

<  0.001

  Iron

10 mg/day(4)

103 (72.5%)

132 (59.7%)

134 (60.9%)

177 (61.0%)

65 (67.0%)

23 (65.7%)

0.475

6 mg/daye

2 (0.4%)

1 (0.1%)

0 (0.0%)

2 (0.1%)

0 (0.0%)

4 (2.5%)

0.179

  Selenium

30 μg/day

26 (18.3%)

46 (20.8%)

53 (24.1%)

71 (24.5%)

28 (28.9%)

15 (42.9%)

0.005

30 μg/day

113 (21.1%)

347 (27.5%)

469 (26.4%)

816 (33.5%)

263 (43.8%)

89 (55.3%)

<  0.001

  Vitamin C

50 mg/day

34 (23.9%)

38 (17.2%)

39 (17.7%)

53 (18.3%)

19 (19.6%)

12 (34.3%)

0.908

50 mg/day

40 (7.5%)

109 (8.6%)

197 (11.1%)

238 (9.8%)

75 (12.5%)

23 (14.3%)

0.007

  Vitamin D

7.5 μg/day

90 (63.4%)

149 (67.4%)

150 (68.2%)

209 (72.1%)

77 (79.4%)

30 (85.7%)

0.001

7.5 μg/day

259 (48.3%)

643 (51.0%)

926 (52.2%)

1369 (56.2%)

374 (62.2%)

114 (70.8%)

<  0.001

  Zinc

5 mg/day

8 (5.6%)

4 (1.8%)

5 (2.3%)

10 (3.4%)

6 (6.2%)

4 (11.4%)

0.212

5 mg/day

1 (0.2%)

0 (0.0%)

1 (0.1%)

5 (0.2%)

0 (0.0%)

3 (1.9%)

0.027

Recommended Intake (RI)

 Males

  Calcium

800 mg/day

64 (48.9%)

65 (37.8%)

63 (38.0%)

78 (33.8%)

25 (32.1%)

8 (57.1%)

0.021

800 mg/day

102(19.4%)

162 (15.7%)

200 (13.9%)

235 (13.0%)

78 (15.4%)

45 (29.8%)

0.301

  Folate

300 μg/day

89 (67.9%)

120 (69.8%)

112 (67.5%)

155 (67.1%)

64 (82.1%)

13 (92.9%)

0.144

300 μg/day

361 (68.8%)

697 (67.7%)

975 (67.6%)

1269 (70.0%)

373 (73.7%)

134 (88.7%)

<  0.001

  Iron

9 mg/day

49 (37.4%)

49 (28.5%)

33 (19.9%)

49 (21.2%)

29 (37.2%)

10 (71.4%)

0.429

9 mg/day

4 (0.8%)

10 (1.0%)

9 (0.6%)

6 (0.3%)

6 (1.2%)

4 (2.6%)

0.942

  Magnesium

350 mg/day

75 (57.3%)

85 (49.4%)

70 (42.2%)

97 (42.0%)

35 (44.9%)

11 (78.6%)

0.050

350 mg/day

180 (34.3%)

300 (29.1%)

423 (29.3%)

542 (29.9%)

165 (32.6%)

70 (46.4%)

0.266

  Potassium

3500 mg/day

89 (67.9%)

98 (57.0%)

85 (51.2%)

117 (50.6%)

45 (57.7%)

14 (100%)

0.117

3500 mg/day

199 (37.9%)

400 (38.8%)

551 (38.2%)

756 (41.7%)

232 (45.8%)

91 (60.3%)

<  0.001

  Selenium

60 μg/day

94 (71.8%)

123 (71.5%)

123 (74.1%)

179 (77.5%)

62 (79.5%)

11 (78.6%)

0.068

60 μg/day

431 (82.1%)

861 (83.6%)

1264 (87.6%)

1650 (91.0%)

472 (93.3%)

144 (95.4%)

<  0.001

  Vitamin C

75 mg/day

71 (54.2%)

73 (42.4%)

74 (44.6%)

98 (42.4%)

38 (48.7%)

8 (57.1%)

0.396

75 mg/day

225 (42.9%)

481 (46.7%)

580 (40.2%)

718 (39.6%)

158 (31.2%)

49 (32.5%)

<  0.001

  Vitamin D

10 μg/dayf

97 (74.0%)

127 (73.8%)

136 (81.9%)

173 (74.9%)

63 (80.8%)

12 (85.7%)

0.302

10 μg/dayf

323 (61.5%)

639 (62.0%)

885 (61.3%)

1170 (64.5%)

363 (71.7%)

127 (84.1%)

<  0.001

  Zinc

9 mg/day

28 (21.4%)

23 (13.4%)

24 (14.5%)

34 (14.7%)

13 (16.7%)

5 (35.7%)

0.729

9 mg/day

41 (7.8%)

67 (6.5%)

79 (5.5%)

112 (6.2%)

42 (8.3%)

36 (23.8%)

0.010

 Females

  Calcium

800 mg/day

88 (62.0%)

103 (46.6%)

109 (49.5%)

145 (50.0%)

47 (48.5%)

17 (48.6%)

0.160

800 mg/day

101 (18.8%)

230 (18.2%)

304 (17.1%)

439 (18.0%)

123 (20.5%)

44 (27.3%)

0.161

  Folate

300 μg/dayg

109 (76.8%)

159 (71.9%)

166 (75.5%)

228 (78.6%)

83 (85.6%)

30 (85.7%)

0.016

300 μg/dayg

385 (71.8%)

977 (77.5%)

1424 (80.2%)

2014 (82.7%)

519 (86.4%)

145 (90.1%)

<  0.001

  Iron

15 mg/dayd

139 (97.9%)

209 (94.6%)

201 (91.4%)

269 (92.8%)

91 (93.8%)

31 (88.6%)

0.050

9 mg/daye

37 (6.9%)

55 (4.4%)

47 (2.6%)

84 (3.4%)

34 (5.7%)

18 (11.2%)

0.827

  Magnesium

280 mg/day

78 (54.9%)

81 (36.7%)

84 (38.2%)

112 (38.6%)

51 (52.6%)

20 (57.1%)

0.989

280 mg/day

118 (22.0%)

290 (23.0%)

376 (21.2%)

574 (23.6%)

173 (28.8%)

57 (35.4%)

0.001

  Potassium

3100 mg/day

99 (69.7%)

126 (57.0%)

137 (62.3%)

176 (60.7%)

66 (68.0%)

28 (80.0%)

0.539

3100 mg/day

186 (34.7%)

473 (37.5%)

698 (39.3%)

1067 (43.8%)

303 (50.4%)

105 (65.2%)

<  0.001

  Selenium

50 μg/day

92 (64.8%)

155 (70.1%)

158 (71.8%)

232 (80.0%)

81 (83.5%)

31 (88.6%)

<  0.001

50 μg/day

424 (79.1%)

1066 (84.5%)

1547 (87.2%)

2201 (90.4%)

558 (92.8%)

154 (95.7%)

<  0.001

  Vitamin C

75 mg/day

69 (48.6%)

78 (35.3%)

92 (41.8%)

119 (41.0%)

43 (44.3%)

19 (54.3%)

0.639

75 mg/day

135 (25.2%)

319 (25.3%)

517 (29.1%)

709 (29.1%)

178 (29.6%)

48 (29.8%)

0.008

  Vitamin D

10 μg/dayf

109 (76.8%)

177 (80.1%)

184 (83.6%)

247 (85.2%)

87 (89.7%)

35 (100%)

<  0.001

10 μg/dayf

442 (82.5%)

1071 (84.9%)

1524 (85.9%)

2114 (86.8%)

537 (89.4%)

150 (93.2%)

<  0.001

  Zinc

7 mg/day

25 (17.6%)

34 (15.4%)

30 (13.6%)

43 (14.8%)

23 (23.7%)

11 (31.4%)

0.177

7 mg/day

24 (4.5%)

42 (3.3%)

62 (3.5%)

141 (5.8%)

46 (7.7%)

34 (21.1%)

<  0.001

  1. Individuals below the average requirement and recommended intake by added-sugar group from Riksmaten Adults (N = 1797) and the Malmö Diet and Cancer Study (N = 12,238)
  2. The frequencies and percentages (in brackets) of individuals with micronutrient intakes below the Dietary Reference Values (DRVs) according to the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations 2012 are presented by added sugar intake groups
  3. DRVs Dietary Reference Values
  4. a DRVs for a Nordic population according to NNR 2012 for adult males and females. b Statistical significance for the trends was established at p < 0.050. c No AR values for magnesium or potassium. d Pre-menopausal value. e Post-menopausal value. f Recommendation for adults up to 74 years old. g Recommendation for adults aged 31 and older