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

Table 7

Mean intake of energy and macronutrients for the sarcopenic patients compared to their recommendations.

Macronutrients	Intake mean ± SD	RCMD mean ± SD	value
Calories (Kcal)	1082.8 ± 283.2	1693.2 ± 270.4	≤0.001
CHO (g)	137.3 ± 49.5	232.8 ± 37.2	≤0.001
Protein (g)	47.5 ± 14.1	47.5 ± 9.4	0.982
Fat (g)	39.9 ± 15.9	52.7 ± 8.4	0.001
Total dietary fiber (g)	10.4 ± 5.7	23.7 ± 3.8	≤0.001

is set as significant, SD: standard deviation, RCMD: recommendation, CHO: carbohydrate, and (g): gram.