Nutrition & Diabetes

Table 3 Percentage of children with T1DM in the specified age groups meeting the RDI requirement (≥80% RDI) for micronutrient intake compared to the National Nutritional data^{10, 18}

From: An audit of the dietary intake of Australian children with type 1 diabetes

	T1D	NNS	T1D	NNS	T1D	NNS	T1D	NNS
Age group	2–3 years		4–8 years		9–13 years		≥14 years
Thiamine	89	100	100	100	99	100	91	97
Riboflavin	89	100	100	100	99	100	95	99
Niacin equiv	67	100	100	100	100	100	97	100
Vitamin C	89	96	97	99	99	99	95	99
Folate	89	100	96	100	83	94	39	79
Vitamin A	78	100	99	99	97	94	70	83
Sodium	89	NR	100	NR	100	NR	99	NR
Potassium	78	NR	94	NR	94	NR	79	NR
Magnesium	89	100	99	100	98	94	63	55
Calcium	89	99	95	89	89	55	56	38
Phosphorus	89	100	100	100	94	88	91	93
Iron	33	99	91	100	98	99	68	94
Zinc	89	100	100	100	100	100	88	93

NR not recorded

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