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 |
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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) |