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The National Cancer Institute method was used to assess usual intakes of choline from foods according to data for participants enrolled in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2009\u20132014 datasets and pregnant women in the 2005\u20132014 datasets. Suboptimal intakes of choline are present across many gender and life-stage subpopulations, as well as pregnant women in the U.S. Only 8.03 \u00b1 0.56% of adults and 8.51 \u00b1 2.89% pregnant women meet the AI for choline. Children 2\u20133 years were the most likely to meet their gender and life-stage specific AI, followed by children 4\u20138 years. Adults 19+ years who consume eggs were more likely to meet their gender and life-stage AI as compared to non-consumers (57.3 \u00b1 1.45% and 2.43 \u00b1 0.28%). Consumers of eggs had almost double the usual intake of choline as compared to non-consumers (525 \u00b1 5.17 mg\/d and 294 \u00b1 1.98; p &lt; 0.0001). Protein food (meat, poultry and seafood) consumption also increased usual choline intakes compared to non-consumers (345 \u00b1 2.21 mg\/day and 235 \u00b1 8.81; p &lt; 0.0001) to a lesser degree, but did not result in substantial increases in the percent of individuals meeting the AI. No subpopulation exceeded the UL for choline. 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