Table 2 Comparison of dietary intakes of participants with and without sarcopenia.

From: Association between dietary intake of branched-chain amino acids and sarcopenia and its components: a cross-sectional study

 

Sarcopeniaa

P‡

Yes (n = 54)

No (n = 246)

Energy (kcal/day)

2323 ± 1331

2249 ± 819

0.59

Total BCAAs (g/day)

12.78 ± 5.70

12.88 ± 5.08

0.90

Leucine (g/day)

5.48 ± 2.48

5.50 ± 2.20

0.95

Isoleucine (g/day)

3.30 ± 1.50

3.33 ± 1.27

0.86

Valine (g/day)

3.99 ± 1.72

4.04 ± 1.64

0.85

Protein (g/day)

85.5 ± 39.38

86.18 ± 30.87

0.89

Fat (g/day)

58.94 ± 43.08

59.36 ± 24.49

0.47

Carbohydrate (g/day)

381 ± 242

363 ± 159

0.92

Dietary fiber (g/day)

29.10 ± 15.54

30.18 ± 13.94

0.61

Thiamin (mg/day)

2.29 ± 1.19

2.21 ± 0.95

0.59

Riboflavin (mg/day)

2.32 ± 0.95

2.40 ± 0.90

0.60

Niacin (mg/day)

21.27 ± 4.03

21.06 ± 7.55

0.90

Pantothenic acid (mg/day)

7.43 ± 2.62

7.85 ± 2.91

0.33

Pyridoxin (mg/day)

2.90 ± 3.45

2.54 ± 1.05

0.16

Folate (μg/day)

515 ± 228

550 ± 182

0.22

Cobalamin (μg/day)

4.49 ± 2.42

4.57 ± 2.67

0.83

Biotin(μg/day)

23.75 ± 9.82

24.08 ± 14.52

0.87

Fe (mg/day)

20.48 ± 11.80

19.93 ± 6.95

0.65

Ca (mg/day)

1308 ± 555

1346 ± 583

0.66

Zn (mg/day)

12.28 ± 6.44

12.30 ± 4.40

0.97

Magnesium (mg/day)

449 ± 305

438 ± 144

0.68

Tryptophan (mg/day)

724 ± 349

729 ± 259

0.90

  1. All values are mean ± SD; energy intake is adjusted for age and sex, all other values are adjusted for age, sex and energy intake. aSarcopenia was defined based on European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People (EWGSOP) definition27. ‡ANOVA for all variables. BCAAs branched-chain amino acids.
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