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

Table 5

Categories of chronic diseases for the participants.

Category of chronic diseases	Sarcopenia group no. (%)	Nonsarcopenia group no. (%)	value
Cardiovascular disease	2 (8)	0 (0)	≤0.001
Hypertension	5 (20)	8 (88.9)
Cardiovascular disease and hypertension	0 (0)	1 (11.1)
Diabetes and hypertension	2 (8)	0 (0)
Osteoporosis and hypertension	4 (16)	0 (0)
Osteoporosis and cardiovascular disease	1 (4)	0 (0)
Osteoporosis	1 (4)	0 (0)

N represents the number of participants, (%) represents the percentage of the participants, and is set as significant.