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

Table 15

Mean intake of major and trace minerals for the participants included in the study.

Minerals	Sarcopenia group mean ± SD	Nonsarcopenia group mean ± SD	value
Calcium (mg)	662.1 ± 268.1	776.6 ± 329.3	0.184
Chromium (mcg)	2.04 ± 1.5	2.07 ± 1.4	0.936
Copper (mg)	0.63 ± 0.4	1.45 ± 1.9	0.047
Fluoride (mg)	0.37 ± 0.4	1.41 ± 0.6	≤0.001
Iodine (mcg)	90.2 ± 34.2	60.7 ± 36.1	0.005
Iron (mg)	9.22 ± 3.8	11.86 ± 8.5	0.164
Magnesium (mg)	165.8 ± 82.2	248.4 ± 115.7	0.005
Manganese (mg)	1.71 ± 1.1	4.01 ± 2.3	≤0.001
Molybdenum (mcg)	23.6 ± 34.1	22.4 ± 29.6	0.899
Phosphorus (mg)	712.2 ± 214.4	783.2 ± 236.5	0.272
Potassium (mg)	1476.9 ± 526.9	2118.5 ± 649.0	≤0.001
Selenium (mcg)	50.95 ± 29.0	44.43 ± 23.7	0.389
Sodium (mg)	1962.3 ± 3553.6	2308.3 ± 1339.3	0.651
Zinc (mg)	6.19 ± 2.5	6.14 ± 2.7	0.946

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