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

Table 3

Anthropometric measurements of the study sample.

Variables	Sarcopenia group N (%)	Nonsarcopenia group N (%)	value
Weight (kg)	59.44 ± 11.7	66.7 ± 5.6	0.007
Height (m)	1.63 ± 0.10	1.68 ± 0.07	0.48
BMI (kg/m^2)
Underweight	5 (20)	0 (0.0)
Normal	17 (68)	24 (96)	0.057
Overweight	2 (8.0)	1 (4)
Obese	1 (4.0)	0 (0.0)
Body fat (%)
Lean	15 (60)	0 (0.0)
Ideal	5 (20)	4 (16.0)	≤0.001
Average	4 (16)	20 (80.0)
Above average	1 (4.0)	1 (4.0)

Weight and height are presented as mean ± SD, N represents the number of participants, (%) represents the percentage of the participants, and is set as significant.