TABLE 5-2, Calcium Intake Estimated to Achieve Average Bone Calcium Accretion for Children and Adolescents Using the Factorial Method - Dietary Reference Intakes for Calcium and Vitamin D

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Study Author, Year	Age/Gender	Average Calcium Accretion (mg/day)	Urinary Losses (mg/day)	Endogenous Fecal Calcium Losses (mg/day)	Sweat Losses (mg/day)	Total Needed (mg/day)	Absorption (percent)	Estimated Total Intake (Adjusted for Absorption)
Lynch et al., 2007	1–3 Male/Female	142	34	40	—	216	45.6	474
Abrams et al., 1999; Ames et al., 1999	4–8 Male/Female	140–160	40	50	—	240	30.0	800
Vatanparast et al., 2010	9–13 Female	151	106	112	55	424	38.0	1,116
	9–13 Male	141	127	108	55	465	38.0	1,224
	14–18 Female	92	106	112	55	365	38.0	961
	14–18 Male	210	127	105	55	500	38.0	1,316
	9–18 Female	121	106	112	55	394	38.0	1,037
	9–18 Male	175	127	108	55	465	38.0	1,224

Dietary Reference Intakes for Calcium and Vitamin D.

Institute of Medicine (US) Committee to Review Dietary Reference Intakes for Vitamin D and Calcium; Ross AC, Taylor CL, Yaktine AL, et al., editors.

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