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Table 3 Overview of the vitamin and mineral supplementation: deficient intake in the whole cohort and those that received supplementation and the impact of the supplementation on dietary adequacy

From: A practical approach to vitamin and mineral supplementation in food allergic children

Nutrient

Total number of children receiving supplements for each micronutrient

Deficient intake without VMS (whole cohort)

Deficient patients who were taking VMS §

>200% RNI with VMS

Adequate intake* with VMS

Intakes < LRNI with VMS

Vitamin C

23

0% (0/110)

N/A (0/0)

96% (22/23)

4% (1/23)

0% (0/23)

Vitamin A

22

10% (11/110)

9% (1/11)

59% (13/22)

41% (9/22)

0% (0/22)

Niacin

21

8% (9/110)

22% (2/9)

62% (13/21)

38% (8/21)

0% (0/21)

Vitamin B6

21

2% (2/110)

0% (0/2)

95% (20/21)

5% (1/21)

0% (0/21)

Thiamin

18

2% (2/110)

0% (0/2)

89% (16/18)

11% (2/18)

0% (0/18)

Calcium

18

9% (10/110)

30% (3/10)

44% (8/18)

50% (9/18)

6% (1/18)

Vitamin B12

17

1% (1/110)

100% (1/1)

94% (16/17)

6% (1/17)

0% (0/17)

Riboflavin

16

6% (7/110)

14% (1/7)

63% (10/16)

38% (6/16)

0% (0/16)

Vitamin D

25

60% (66/110)

27% (18/66)

16% (4/25)

44% (11/25)

40% (10/25)

Folate

12

3% (3/110)

0% (0/3)

67% (8/12)

33% (4/12)

0% (0/12)

Iron

10

7% (8/110)

0% (0/8)

40% (4/10)

60% (6/10)

0% (0/10)

Zinc

7

20% (22/110)

9% (2/22)

14% (1/7)

86% (6/7)

0% (0/7)

Copper

5

10% (11/110)

0% (0/11)

20% (1/5)

80% (4/5)

0% (0/5)

Selenium

3

11% (12/110)

0% (0/12)

67% (2/3)

33% (1/3)

0% (0/3)

  1. *Children that had > LRNI and < 200% of RNI were classified as having adequate intake.
  2. §This is the number of children from the whole cohort that had a deficient intake and were on a VMS.