nrvs: Nutrient Reference Values (NRVs)

nrvsR Documentation

Nutrient Reference Values (NRVs)

Description

This dataset provides the Nutrient Reference Values (NRVs) from Allen et al. (2020). Allen et al. (2020) selects values from the EFSA (European Food Safety Authority) and the Institute of Medicine (IOM) for average requirements (ARs) and upper levels of intake (ULs).

Usage

nrvs

Format

A data frame with the following attributes::

nutrient

Nutrient name

units

Nutrient units (e.g., g/d, mg/d, µg/d)

source

Source (i.e., EFSA, IOM)

sex

Sex (i.e., males, females, both)

stage

Life stage (i.e., infants, children, pregnancy, lactation, none)

age_group

Age range

nrv_type

Nutrient reference value type (i.e., AR, UL)

nrv

DRI value

nrv_note

A note

Source

Allen, L.H., Carriquiry, A.L., Murphy, S.P. (2020) Perspective: proposed harmonized nutrient reference values for populations. Advances in Nutrition 11(3): 469-483.


cfree14/nutriR documentation built on Oct. 31, 2024, 6:27 p.m.