Table 2.

Dietary intake of macronutrients in NHANES III adults ages 60 years and older by frailty; weighted means SE ^†

	Frail n = 1,028		Pre-frail n = 1,294		Not frail n = 2,409
	Mean	SE	Mean	SE	Mean	SE
Energy, kJ*	6648	128	6966	81	7286	84
Fat, g ††	61.8	0.7	61.3	0.4	60.8	0.6
% of energy	31.8	0.4	31.8	0.2	31.9	0.4
Saturated fatty acids, g ††	20.9	0.4	20.4	0.2	19.9	0.3
% of energy	10.7	0.2	10.6	0.1	10.5	0.1
Monounsaturated fatty acids, g ††	23.3	0.3	23.3	0.1	23.3	0.3
% of energy	11.9	0.2	12.0	0.1	12.2	0.2
Polyunsaturated fatty acids, g ††	12.8	0.4	12.8	0.2	12.8	0.2
% of energy	6.6	0.2	6.6	0.1	6.7	0.1
Carbohydrates, g ††	211.0	2.1	213.3	1.3	215.5	1.6
% of energy	51.7	0.5	51.9	0.3	52.0	0.4
Protein, g ††	67.0	0.8	66.9	0.5	66.9	0.6
% of energy	16.5	0.2	16.4	0.1	16.3	0.2
Animal protein, g ††	64.5	0.8	64.1	0.5	63.6	0.5
% of energy	10.8	0.2	10.7	0.2	10.6	0.2
Plant protein, g ††	35.5	0.8	35.9	0.5	36.4	0.5
% of energy	5.2	0.1	5.3	0.1	5.4	0.0

^†Adjusted for age, gender, race-ethnicity, smoking, education, income, BMI, and co-morbidity

^††Also adjusted for energy intake

^*p<0.001