Evaluation of Nutrients Intake for a Group of Jordanian Older Adults with Sarcopenia Syndrome in Amman: An Explorative and Pilot Study

Table 11

Mean intake of fat-soluble vitamins for the subjects included in the study.

Vitamins	Sarcopenia group mean ± SD	Control group mean ± SD	value
Vitamin A (IU)	5276.7 ± 4746.4	9276.4 ± 12710.2	0.147
Vitamin A (mcg)	475.2 ± 395.6	699.9 ± 1106.9	0.344
Carotenoid (RE)	399.8 ± 428.3	664.7 ± 1238.3	0.317
Retinol (RE)	290.9 ± 259.1	383.9 ± 934.4	0.634
Beta carotene (mcg)	1870.7 ± 2485.6	3355.3 ± 7292.2	0.340
Vitamin D (IU)	129.5 ± 122.3	93.4 ± 64.5	0.198
Vitamin D (mcg)	3.40 ± 3.1	2.43 ± 1.6	0.177
Vitamin E (mg)	4.28 ± 2.4	5.81 ± 5.2	0.187
Vitamin K (mcg)	108.5 ± 245.8	186.2 ± 241.3	0.265

is set as significant, SD: standard deviation, IU: international unit, Mcg: microgram, mg: milligram, and RE: retinol equivalent.