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

Table 14

Mean intake of water-soluble vitamins for the sarcopenic patients compared to their recommendations.

Vitamins	Intake mean ± SD	RCMD mean ± SD	value
Vitamin B1 (mg)	0.86 ± 0.35	1.15 ± 0.05	0.001
Vitamin B2 (mg)	1.12 ± 0.4	1.2 ± 0.1	0.466
Vitamin B3 (mg)	14.96 ± 1.0	14.99 ± 6.9	≤0.001
VitaminB3 (niacin equivalent,mg)	14.99 ± 6.9	14.96 ± 1.0	0.982
Vitamin B6 (mg)	0.88 ± 0.5	1.58 ± 0.1	≤0.001
Vitamin B12 (mcg)	2.99 ± 1.5	2.4 ± 0.0	0.056
Biotin (mcg)	11.3 ± 3.1	30 ± 0.0	≤0.001
Folate (mg)	251.5 ± 137.0	400 ± 0.0	≤0.001
Dietary folate equivalent (DFE) (mcg)	3.61 ± 1.6	5.0 ± 0.0	≤0.001
Pantothenic acid (mg)	65.9 ± 78.9	82.2 ± 7.6	0.322

is set as significant, SD: standard deviation, RCMD: recommendation, (mcg): microgram, and (mg): milligram.