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. 2023 Mar 3;23:119. doi: 10.1186/s12877-023-03748-x

Table 3.

Daily energy and nutrient intake of participants based on sarcopenia and central obesity status

Healthy control Central obesity p value Sarcopenia Sarcopenic obesity p value p valuea
Total daily intake
 Energy (kcal/day)b 1676.8 ± 22.6 1669.9 ± 29.8 0.860 1525.3 ± 25.3 1557.7 ± 47.7 0.587  < 0.001
 Carbohydrate (g/day)c 301.0 ± 2.1 295.7 ± 2.7 0.087 294.5 ± 2.9 292.5 ± 5.4 0.783 0.138
 Protein (g/day)c 52.0 ± 0.6 53.0 ± 0.7 0.208 52.2 ± 0.8 51.1 ± 1.4 0.460 0.500
 Fat (g/day)c 20.5 ± 0.6 22.8 ± 0.7 0.004 21.3 ± 0.6 20.9 ± 1.2 0.685 0.036
Percentage of energy from macronutrients
 Percentage energy from carbohydrate (%)c 76.4 ± 0.3 75.0 ± 0.5 0.004 75.5 ± 0.4 75.7 ± 0.9 0.888 0.025
 Percentage energy from protein (%)c 12.8 ± 0.1 13.0 ± 0.2 0.240 13.0 ± 0.1 12.8 ± 0.3 0.577 0.516
 Percentage energy from fat (%)c 10.8 ± 0.3 12.0 ± 0.4 0.002 11.5 ± 0.2 11.5 ± 0.7 0.939 0.015
Intake of key nutrients compared to KDRIs
 Percentage of energy intake to EER (%)b 95.2 ± 1.3 95.2 ± 1.8 0.965 86.8 ± 1.4 88.6 ± 2.8 0.540  < 0.001
Level of energy intake 0.454 0.568  < 0.001
  < EER 695 (59.1) 522 (61.3) 574 (70.7) 94 (67.9)
  ≥ EER 472 (40.9) 336 (38.7) 240 (29.3) 38 (32.1)
 Percentage of protein intake to RNI (%)c 93.6 ± 1.0 96.0 ± 1.3 0.097 94.1 ± 1.4 92.0 ± 2.6 0.519 0.307
Level of protein intake 0.747 0.160 0.002
  < EAR 499 (42.8) 338 (41.8) 407 (50.3) 77 (57.9)
  ≥ EAR 668 (57.2) 520 (58.2) 407 (49.7) 55 (42.1)
Different levels of energy and protein intake 0.441 0.201  < 0.001
 Energy intake ≥ EER, protein intake ≥ EAR 438 (38.1) 320 (37.1) 212 (25.9) 35 (28.5)
 Energy intake ≥ EER, protein intake < EAR 34 (2.8) 16 (1.6) 28 (3.4) 3 (3.6)
 Energy intake < EER, protein intake ≥ EAR 230 (19.1) 200 (21.1) 195 (23.8) 20 (13.6)
 Energy intake < EER, protein intake < EAR 465 (40.0) 322 (40.2) 379 (46.9) 74 (54.3)

Abbreviation: KDRIs, Korean dietary reference intakes; EER, estimated energy requirement; RNI, recommended nutrient intake; EAR, estimated average requirement

All data analyses conducted in the present study were based on weighted estimates with sample weight provided by KNHANES

Continuous variables are presented as mean ± standard error, and categorical variables are presented as n (%)

a Indicates statistical significance between the four groups

b Adjusted for age and sex

c Adjusted for age, sex, and total energy intake (continuous)