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Table 2 Number of participants with abnormal range of daily nutrient intakes by frailty level

From: Frailty, nutrition-related parameters, and mortality across the adult age spectrum

Nutrients, N (%)*

Frailty index score

≤ 0.1

N = 5119

> 0.1 to 0.2

N = 2009

> 0.2 to 0.3

N = 1014

> 0.3

N = 888

Energy (N = 8614)

Low

2218 (44.4)

1157 (55.3)

297 (63.8)

203 (71.7)

Energy per weight (N = 8510)

Low

1950 (39.8)

1051 (54.1)

605 (60.9)

566 (69.7)

High

1479 (30.8)

307 (17.4)

108 (13.9)

64 (7.9)

Protein (N = 8614)

Low

821 (15.6)

450 (20.9)

297 (27.5)

303 (33.5)

Protein per weight (N = 8510)

Low

1524 (29.0)

955 (46.8)

563 (55.0)

524 (63.6)

Carbohydrate (N = 8614)

Low

1068 (22.8)

608 (31.1)

357 (35.5)

360 (41.2)

Simple sugar (N = 8614)

High

4633 (94.6)

1778 (92.9)

896 (93.1)

758 (91.7)

Dietary fiber per energy (N = 8613)

Low

4590 (94.6)

1713 (91.0)

870 (91.9)

755 (92.8)

Percentage of fat (N = 8614)

Low

119 (2.0)

83 (3.6)

41 (4.2)

46 (4.6)

High

4413 (91.1)

1650 (88.1)

799 (85.0)

670 (82.7)

Percentage of saturated fat (N = 8613)

High

2827 (59.6)

1078 (59.0)

554 (57.4)

479 (60.8)

Cholesterol (N = 8614)

High

1924 (39.2)

652 (33.4)

312 (30.9)

255 (28.5)

Vitamin A, RAE (N = 8614)

Low

3725 (75.0)

1502 (76.8)

745 (76.1)

647 (76.7)

High

31 (0.7)

5 (0.1)

11 (1.0)

4 (0.5)

Vitamin C (N = 8614)

Low

2903 (62.2)

1165 (61.8)

598 (63.2)

516 (65.1)

High

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (0.1)

Vitamin E (N = 8614)

Low

4548 (92.4)

1814 (93.2)

931 (94.9)

802 (95.9)

Vitamin K (N = 8614)

Low

3754 (74.4)

1503 (76.0)

776 (78.0)

679 (80.6)

Thiamin (N = 8614)

Low

1411 (27.3)

700 (34.3)

362 (35.2)

375 (42.6)

Riboflavin (N = 8614)

Low

831 (14.5)

359 (15.7)

189 (17.4)

212 (23.6)

Niacin (N = 8614)

Low

981 (18.0)

544 (25.3)

301 (26.2)

332 (37.1)

High

1020 (23.0)

223 (13.1)

95 (13.0)

65 (8.7)

Pyridoxine (N = 8614)

Low

1596 (32.2)

898 (43.7)

507 (47.9)

470 (54.0)

Folate (N = 8614)

Low

2751 (54.8)

1236 (63.3)

658 (64.6)

606 (71.3)

High

138 (3.2)

38 (2.1)

19 (2.7)

10 (1.3)

Cobalamin (N = 8614)

Low

1252 (24.5)

593 (28.5)

307 (30.5)

287 (32.8)

Calcium (N = 8614)

Low

3150 (63.7)

1457 (73.4)

787 (78.4)

698 (81.0)

High

125 (2.8)

30 (1.8)

9 (1.2)

4 (0.8)

Phosphorous (N = 8614)

Low

551 (10.1)

322 (14.7)

187 (18.5)

217 (24.7)

High

29 (0.5)

8 (0.5)

1 (0.3)

0 (0.0)

Magnesium (N = 8614)

Low

3656 (74.2)

1526 (76.9)

828 (82.7)

731 (87.1)

Iron (N = 8614)

Low

1750 (34.7)

579 (30.7)

223 (23.3)

228 (29.0)

High

65 (1.4)

21 (1.1)

7 (1.0)

5 (0.7)

Zinc (N = 8614)

Low

1863 (36.3)

898 (42.8)

531 (49.7)

468 (52.5)

High

56 (1.2)

14 (0.8)

8 (1.0)

3 (0.3)

Copper (N = 8614)

Low

1322 (25.5)

663 (31.9)

369 (34.8)

379 (44.4)

High

10 (0.3)

1 (0.0)

2 (0.1)

1 (0.1)

Sodium (N = 8614)

Low

359 (6.2)

183 (8.0)

81 (7.5)

117 (12.4)

High

3742 (79.2)

1219 (65.8)

599 (64.5)

435 (54.2)

Potassium (N = 8614)

Low

4484 (91.4)

1799 (92.4)

935 (95.6)

810 (96.7)

Selenium (N = 8614)

Low

571 (10.8)

344 (16.9)

203 (20.4)

228 (26.4)

High

15 (0.3)

8 (0.5)

1 (0.1)

0 (0.0)

Caffeine (N = 8614)

High

489 (14.2)

191 (13.5)

82 (12.3)

80 (11.4)

Alcohol (N = 8614)

High

885 (21.7)

270 (16.8)

111 (12.9)

59 (8.8)

Linoleic acid (N = 8614)

Low

2414 (47.9)

1030 (51.3)

562 (54.7)

531 (62.1)

α-Linolenic acid (N = 8614)

Low

2491 (49.8)

1100 (53.8)

603 (58.4)

552 (63.9)

Fish oil (N = 8614)

Low

4343 (88.7)

1700 (88.5)

872 (90.6)

764 (91.1)

  1. RAE retinol activity equivalents
  2. *The percentages are weighted