Maša Hribar

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Abstract : Due to their specific mode of operation, military personnel are challenged physically as well as mentally. In most countries, the use of food supplements by military personnel is not regulated, and a high prevalence of supplementation is expected. However, data on this are scarce or very limited, without insights into the importance of supplementation for the intake of bioactive substances.

2.5. Data Analysis For each of the two dietary recalls, data cleaning was performed separately. The assessments of under- and over-reporting were previously described [67]; we excluded subjects with reported energy intakes <500 kcal/day, and analysed under- and over-reporting with the Goldberg method [68], based on the ratio of reported daily energy intake and basic metabolic rate (BMR). The usual dietary iron intakes were calculated from two 24 h dietary recalls and FPQ.