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Table 3 Prevalence of dietary supplementation by older adults in the Asia-Pacific region

From: Dietary supplementation by older adults in southern China: a hospital outpatient clinic study

Country

Year

Sample size

Age range

Both genders

Male

Female

Southern China

2008

446

55

19.1%

14.5%

24.4%

Taiwan [10]

2000

1937

65+

32.5%

30.1%

34.9%

Japan [11]

2006

572

55-75

45.8%

41.7%

52.5%

Australia [12]

2001

1263

65+

43%

35%

52%

New Zealand [13]

1997

814

65+

36.1%

24.7%

43.7%

Indonesia [14]

1996

204

60-75

25.0%

24.7%

25.2%

Korea [15]

2000

2188

50+

30.2%

28.5%

30.7%

Malaysia [16]

2005

60

50+

83.1%

NA

NA