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

Table 8

Mean intake of fatty acids and cholesterol for the participants included in the study.

Variables	Sarcopenia group mean ± SD	Nonsarcopenia group mean ± SD	value
Saturated fat (mg)	11.7 ± 4.4	15.9 ± 6.0	≤0.001
MUFA (mg)	10.6 ± 5.8	26.7 ± 16.9	≤0.001
PUFA (mg)	9.2 ± 8.1	10.6 ± 8.8	0.536
Trans fat (mg)	0.18 ± 0.16	0.11 ± 0.21	0.143
Cholesterol (mg)	151.4 ± 79.1	245.8 ± 136.9	0.004
Omega 3 (mg)	0.39 ± 0.2	0.48 ± 0.5	0.403
Omega 6 (mg)	2.10 ± 1.9	3.50 ± 3.7	0.103

is set as significant, SD: standard deviation, and (mg): milligram.