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

Table 9

Mean intake of fatty acids and cholesterol for the sarcopenic patients compared to their recommendations.

Fatty acids	Intake mean ± SD	RCMD mean ± SD	value
SFA (mg)	11.7 ± 4.4	16.9 ± 2.7	≤0.001
PUFA (mg)	9.2 ± 8.0	16.9 ± 2.7	≤0.001
MUFA (mg)	10.5 ± 5.8	18.8 ± 3.0	≤0.001
Cholesterol (mg)	151.3 ± 79.1	300 ± 0.0	≤0.001
Omega 3 (mg)	0.39 ± 0.2	1.69 ± 0.3	≤0.001
Omega 6 (mg)	2.1 ± 1.8	15.0 ± 2.4	≤0.001

is set as significant, SD: standard deviation, RCMD: recommendation, SFA: saturated fatty acid, PUFA: polyunsaturated fatty acid, MUFA: monounsaturated fatty acid, and (mg): milligram.