Table 3.

Intake of three primary nutrients per day in T2DM participants in the sarcopenia group and control group stratified by sex.

	Men				Women
	Control group	Sarcopenia group	t	P	Control group	Sarcopenia group	t	P
Total calories (kcal/d)	1916.6 ± 478.1	1965.1 ± 513.7	-1.185	0.237	1618.6 ± 361.2	1513.4 ± 348	2.745	0.006
Total calories adjusted by BW (kcal/kg/d)	29.1 ± 7.4	30.3 ± 8.1	-1.946	0.052	29.9 ± 7	29.5 ± 7.2	0.511	0.610
Protein intake adjusted by BW (g/kg/d)	1.15 ± 0.37	1.14 ± 0.34	0.449	0.654	1.12 ± 0.33	1.10 ± 0.34	0.666	0.505
Calories by carbohydrate (%)	54.4 ± 8.5	53.0 ± 7.4	2.176	0.030	54.1 ± 6.9	53.6 ± 8.8	0.563	0.574
Calories by protein (%)	16.1 ± 4.2	15.7 ± 3.4	1.209	0.227	15.0 ± 3.0	16.0 ± 6.7	-1.431	0.155
Calories by fat (%)	29.7 ± 7.6	31.4 ± 6.9	-2.823	0.005	31.1 ± 6.1	31.3 ± 7.2	-0.342	0.733

Notes: data were expressed as the mean ± standard deviation. Abbreviation: BW: body weight.