Analyzing dietary exposure to critical nutrients on a plant-based diet using the food- and total nutrient index

Nutrition Journal

Table 3 Nutrient intake from supplements: whole sample (n = 108 participants)

	Omnivores (n = 40)	Lacto-Ovo-Vegetarians (n = 33)	Vegans (n = 35)	p-value
Calcium intake (mg/day)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (17.53)	0.020 ^a
Choline intake (md/d)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0.237 ^a
Magnesium intake (mg/day)	0 (44.10)	0 (0)	0 (11.40)	0.232 ^a
Potassium intake (mg/day)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0.427 ^a
Vitamin A intake (µg/day)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0.223 ^a
Vitamin C intake (mg/day)	0 (37.26)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0.068 ^a
Vitamin D intake (IU/day)	142.47 (998.63)	57.53 (986.30)	493.15 ( 1780.82)	0.343 ^a
Vitamin E intake (mg/day)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0.494 ^a

Nutrient intake data from supplements was not normally distributed and is shown with its median and IQR in parenthesis
^a = based on Kruskal–Wallis H test

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