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Number and percentage of supplement usersa
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n
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(%)
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Any type of dietary supplement
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333
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(6.8)
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NVNMb
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248
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(5.0)
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Amino acids or protein
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68
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(1.4)
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n–3 fatty acids or fish oil
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54
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(1.0)
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Botanicals
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38
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(0.8)
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Probiotics
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47
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(1.0)
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Others
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43
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(0.9)
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VMb
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108
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(2.2)
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Multivitamins-minerals
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41
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(0.8)
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Multivitamins
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42
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(0.9)
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Multi-minerals
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16
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(0.3)
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Single vitaminc
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10
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(0.2)
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Single minerald
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12
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(0.2)
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- NVNM non-vitamin, non-mineral supplements, VM vitamin or mineral supplements
- aPercentage of supplement users was calculated as follows: (users of each type of dietary supplement)/(total study participants [n = 4933])
- bTotal number of users of each type of non-vitamin, non-mineral supplement does not equal 248 because some children used more than one type of dietary supplement. Similarly, total number of users of each type of vitamin or mineral dietary supplement does not equal 108 because some children used more than one type of dietary supplement
- cSingle vitamins included vitamin B-group vitamins and vitamin C
- dSingle minerals included calcium and zinc
