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Table 2 Dietary and Weekly nutrient intake in “Frail”, “Pre-frail” and “Robust” groups

From: Diet and lifestyle behaviours simultaneously act on frailty: it is time to move the threshold of frailty prevention and control forward

Variable

Frail Groups

Prefrail Groups

Robust Groups

Overall comparison

Statistics

P

Staple food(g/d)

419.88±90.40

446.85±91.59

378.74±93.50

6.069

0.002

Vegetarian dishes(g/w)

 Leafy vegetables

607.22±61.65

666.51±69.38

763.78±66.03

8.422

<0.001

 Root and stem vegetables

389.76±80.69

374.43±81.30

427.00±81.46

2.721

0.066

 Solanaceous fruit vegetables

360.13±70.46

370.02±76.23

411.68±79.59

2.494

0.083

 Melon vegetables

325.41±62.31

314.81±56.05

396.75±69.21

12.428

0.002

 Legume vegetables

328.70±62.14

284.51±62.45

356.45±66.95

5.472

0.004

Meat dishes(g/w)

 Livestock

324.12±58.18

333.53±40.04

404.68±44.43

13.511

0.001

 Poultry

153.27±41.68

136.08±40.88

155.57±58.55

2.131

0.119

 Fish and shrimp

140.59±41.19

144.04±48.86

186.96±44.81

6.991

0.001

 Eggs

220.38±58.50

223.34±55.82

255.78±56.66

4.526

0.011

Between-meal nibbles(g/w)

 Fruits

121.09±416.67

425.50±162.01

645.49±114.01

39.051

<0.001

 Milk

382.28±57.56

447.93±53.14

566.53±46.12

9.162

0.010

 Nuts

90.53±43.22

111.16±43.67

121.43±43.20

2.667

0.263

Daily water intake(ml/d)

1199.75±244.49

1332.59±240.71

1351.78±293.12

3.485

0.031

 Energy(Kcal)

13503.25±3388.5

14307.55±3933.78

13392.04±3296.52

1.723

0.423

 Protein(g)

386.38±96.99

398.37±82.51

407.20±91.56

3.149

0.207

 Fat(g)

239.45±97.02

257.48±95.80

289.93±95.67

4.464

0.012

 Carbohydrate(g)

2522.79±500.14

2676.27±513.35

2364.07±588.46

2.62

0.270

 Dietary fiber(g)

76.77±25.45

76.33±24.27

86.83±27.67

6.07

0.002

Vitamins

 VA(ug)

191.46±60.59

213.68±86.44

264.39±80.37

21.958

<0.001

 VB(mg)

72.11±26.40

72.29±25.02

77.77±25.09

2.859

0.058

 VC(mg)

573.01±147.09

601.88±150.76

702.60±176.31

10.911

<0.001

 VE(mg)

45.23±18.45

46.22±21.77

54.26±17.91

4.279

0.014

Macroelements

 Ca(mg)

1533.11±378.35

1590.67±332.18

1882.12±396.75

12.389

<0.001

 P(mg)

4462.63±951.69

4673.39±922.61

4846.94±958.38

4.857

0.088

 K(mg)

8273.10±1246.13

8461.19±1212.12

9151.05±1289.69

5.203

0.006

 Na(mg)

1831.90±520.97

2057.07±636.63

2318.20±588.43

3.145

0.043

 Mg(mg)

1421.78±479.25

1488.83±523.92

1500.84±473.54

2.697

0.260

Microelements

 Fe(mg)

30.61±17.28

32.00±19.03

35.51±21.20

4.839

0.008

 Zn(mg)

73.63±30.44

78.69±33.86

74.34±37.52

2.064

0.356

 Se(ug)

222.93±104.51

231.06±109.43

231.19±93.03

1.071

0.585

 Cu(mg)

8.83±5.32

9.53±5.91

8.74±5.36

3.076

0.215

 Mn(mg)

45.24±31.21

49.80±35.23

45.74±36.49

2.449

0.294

Food water content(g)

3489.11±1571.61

3588.13±1584.71

4240.09±1762.38

19.943

<0.001

Oil(g)

 ≤25

39(23.49)

131(24.95)

101(28.61)

5.618

0.467

 25~50

88(53.01)

242(46.10)

152(43.06)

 >50

27(16.27)

111(21.14)

71(20.11)

 Unclear

12(7.23)

41(7.81)

29(8.22)

Salt(g)

 <6

78(46.99)

231(44.00)

164(46.46)

3.951

0.683

 6~10

64(38.55)

210(40.00)

145(41.08)

 >10

18(10.84)

71(13.52)

38(10.76)

 Unclear

6(3.61)

13(2.48)

6(1.70)

Sugar(g)

 ≤25

111(66.87)

344(65.52)

249(70.54)

7.423

0.284

 25~50

42(25.30)

121(23.05)

66(18.70)

 >50

8(4.82)

45(8.57)

24(6.80)

 Unclear

5(3.01)

14(2.67)

14(3.97)

Spices

 Not eat

22(13.25)

62(11.81)

32(9.07)

12.975

0.043

 Eat less

50(30.12)

148(28.19)

92(26.06)

 Eat an average

60(36.14)

214(40.76)

128(36.26)

 Eat more

34(20.48)

101(19.24)

101(28.61)

  1. Spices refer to the intake of ginger, garlic, vinegar, peppercorns, etc.; Continuous variables are expressed in the form of (x ̅±SD), statistics are F-values, and categorical variables are expressed in the form of n (%), Statistics are χ2-values