Table 3 Daily energy and nutrient intake of participants based on sarcopenia and central obesity status

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)