Table 7 Energy and nutrients intake (per person per day) among men in Norway^a (n = 849) and Poland^b (n = 2267) by age groups

Energy, MJ (mean ± SD) median (25–75 percentile)

12.24 ± 3.92

10.85 ± 4.48¹

10.80 ± 3.14

10.06 ± 3.80¹

9.89 ± 2.94

8.96 ± 3.51¹

11.75 (9.77–14.51)

10.15 (7.72–13.57)

10.52 (8.54–12.83)

9.38 (7.41–12.28)

9.55 (7.88–11.68)

8.62 (6.53–10.83)

Cholesterol, mg (mean ± SD) median (25–75 percentile)

420 ± 266

405 ± 275

392 ± 209

358 ± 227²

385 ± 206

317 ± 212¹

363 (245–503)

326 (213–536)

348 (243–439)

303 (194–459)

351 (238–489)

267 (175–399)

Dietary fibre, g (mean ± SD) median (25–75 percentile)

28 ± 11

21 ± 10¹

26 ± 11

21 ± 9¹

26.1 ± 10.3

21 ± 9¹

26 (20–34)

20 (14–27)

25 (19–31)

20 (15–27)

24.3 (18.8–31.8)

20 (15–26)

Vitamin A, RAE (mean ± SD) median (25–75 percentile)

1030 ± 887

1255 ± 2206²

948 ± 567

1209 ± 2186¹

1036 ± 1309

1119 ± 2178

811 (561–1227)

884 (539–1404)

871 (573–1167)

864 (530–1307)

805 (572–1189)

830 (525–1220)

Vitamin D, μg (mean ± SD) median (25–75 percentile)

5.6 ± 5.2

4.1 ± 4.6¹

6.6 ± 5.2

4.2 ± 4.4¹

7.6 ± 6.6

4.2 ± 5.4¹

4.1 (2.6–7.9)

3.0 (1.7–4.9)

5.6 (3.4–8.2)

3.1 (1.9–4.9)

5.8 (3.4–9.9)

2.8 (1.6–4.7)

Vitamin E, mg (mean ± SD) median (25–75 percentile)

12.6 ± 5.7

13.3 ± 7.8

12.1 ± 4.8

12.6 ± 7.0

12.0 ± 5.8

11.8 ± 7.3

11.7 (8.4–15.8)

11.6 (7.7–16.8)

11.3 (8.5–14.4)

11.4 (7.6–15.9)

11.0 (8.1–14.7)

10.5 (7.3–14.7)

Thiamine, mg (mean ± SD) median (25–75 percentile)

2.0 ± 0.8

1.6 ± 0.9¹

1.9 ± 0.7

1.5 ± 0.8¹

1.7 ± 0.6

1.4 ± 0.7¹

1.9 (1.5–2.4)

1.4 (1.0–2.0)

1.8 (1.4–2.3)

1.4 (1.0–1.9)

1.6 (1.3–2.1)

1.2 (0.9–1.8)

Riboflavin, mg (mean ± SD) median (25–75 percentile)

2.3 ± 0.9

1.8 ± 1.0¹

2.2 ± 0.8

1.7 ± 0.9¹

2.0 ± 0.7

1.6 ± 0.9¹

2.2 (1.7–2.8)

1.6 (1.2–2.2)

2.0 (1.6–2.6)

1.5 (1.1–2.0)

1.9 (1.4–2.3)

1.4 (1.0–1.9)

Vitamin B₆, mg (mean ± SD) median (25–75 percentile)

2.1 ± 1.0

2.3 ± 1.0²

1.9 ± 0.7

2.1 ± 0.9¹

1.8 ± 0.7

2.0 ± 0.8¹

2.0 (1.5–2.5)

2.2 (1.5–2.9)

1.8 (1.4–2.3)

2.1 (1.5–2.6)

1.7 (1.3–2.1)

1.9 (1.4–2.5)

Vitamin B₁₂, μg (mean ± SD) median (25–75 percentile)

8.8 ± 6.0

4.4 ± 5.9¹

8.8 ± 6.1

4.4 ± 6.2¹

9.0 ± 11.2

4.2 ± 7.7¹

7.4 (4.9–11.0)

3.2 (2.1–4.7)

7.2 (5.3–10.7)

2.8 (1.9–4.5)

7.3 (4.9–10.5)

2.6 (1.6–4.1)

Folate, μg (mean ± SD) median (25–75 percentile)

307 ± 117

282 ± 118²

272 ± 93

266 ± 111

270 ± 102

254 ± 134²

289 (225–376)

268 (197–348)

263 (202–325)

253 (191–324)

256 (196329)

237 (183–303)

Vitamin C, mg (mean ± SD) median (25–75 percentile)

103 ± 77

90 ± 80²

99 ± 93

83 ± 77¹

114 ± 83

84 ± 69¹

82 (45–141)

68 (36–115)

81 (48–132)

64 (33–110)

96 (50–148)

68 (37–104)

Calcium, mg (mean ± SD) median (25–75 percentile)

1182 ± 587

720 ± 546¹

1058 ± 526

576 ± 395¹

899 ± 383-

515 ± 342¹

1063 (780–1471)

544 (353–902)

945 (697–1346)

478 (304–733)

862 (6061132)

432 (269–649)

Iron, mg (mean ± SD) median (25–75 percentile)

13.7 ± 5.3

13.0 ± 6.2

12.4 ± 4.2

12.9 ± 6.1

11.9 ± 3.9

11.9 ± 5.5

13.2 (10.1–16.6)

11.9 (9.1–15.4)

11.9 (9.5–14.5)

11.9 (9.0–15.2)

11.8 (9.2–14.2)

11 (8.7–14.2)

Magnesium, mg (mean ± SD) median (25–75 percentile)

457 ± 158

320 ± 131¹

446 ± 143

309 ± 116¹

419 ± 129

284 ± 110¹

439 (346–547)

302 (224–387)

426 (344–527)

294 (232–370)

399 (239–492)

272 (213–338)

Potassium, g (mean ± SD) median (25–75 percentile)

4.24 ± 1.41

3.68 ± 1.57¹

4.25 ± 1.25

3.55 ± 1.36¹

4.26 ± 1.25

3.39 ± 1.27¹

4.16 (3.16–5.11)

3.62 (2.54–4.55)

4.11 (3.39–4.97)

3.44 (2.57–4.36)

4.11 (3.41–5.15)

3.29 (2.54–4.14)