[Vitamin intake by various groups of the Republic of Bashkortostan population (June, 1992)]

The 1992 nutritional survey of the population living in the Republic of Bashkortostan found out that the population suffer from definite vitamin deficiency which concerns all the vitamins except A and E. Vitamin status was found satisfactory in 3.5% of the examinees. The rest needed vitamin supply by one, two, three, four and 5 vitamins (15%, 29%, 27%, 20% and 5.5%, respectively). Most frequently the subjects were deficient by vitamins C, B1, B2, B6, folic acid, carotenoids. Multivitamin deficiency presented most commonly with combination of ascorbic acid with two or three vitamins B. The authors point to the need in wide-scale vitamin supply of the Republic's population. The intake of vitamin C plus multivitamin preparations in doses satisfying physiological requirements are recommended.