Table 1.

Subject characteristics

	T3T3	T1T1	p-value
n	42	32
Age	84.4 ± 4.29	84.6 ± 4.37	0.85
Number of medications	8.50 ± 4.24	9.31 ± 4.93	0.46
Former smoker (%)	42.9	50.0	0.32
BMI	23.2 ± 2.50	29.3 ± 3.31	5.1E-12***
Body composition
%WBLM	75.9 ± 4.24	63.2 ± 2.19	< 2.2E-16***
%WBFM	20.3 ± 4.33	33.4 ± 2.18	< 2.2E-16***
%BMC	3.73 ± 0.49	3.47 ± 0.53	0.03*
Physical activity, junction
PASE score	132.9 ± 57.0	97.9 ± 53.2	0.008**
SPPB	10.8 ± 1.58	8.03 ± 3.49	1.6E-04***
Grip strength (N)	33.5 ± 7.7	29.4 ± 6.53	0.02*
Dietary factors
Energy intake (kcal)	1664 ± 343	1885±319	0.005**
Dietary fiber (g/day)	24.7 ± 5.88	12.7 ± 2.98	< 2.2E-16***
Fiber density (grams of fiber /100 calories)	1.50 ± 0.25	0.68 ± 0.13	< 2.2E-16***

Subject characteristics for older men that were in the highest tertiles for dietary fiber density and the percentage of whole body lean mass (T3T3) were compared against subjects that were in the lowest tertiles (T1T1) for these variables. Values shown represent means ± SD or %, as indicated.

^*= p ≤ 0.05,

^**= p ≤ 0.01,

^***= p ≤ 0.001.