Table 1 General characteristics and anthropometric measurements of study participants across different tertiles of dietary intake of BCAA
Variables | BCAA | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T1 (n = 155) (6.99–16.32) | T2 (n = 155) (16.35–23.77) | T3 (n = 155) (23.87–93.87) | *P | **P | |
Age (year) | 35.67(11.76) | 36.74(10.75) | 36.61(10.96) | 0.652 | 0.824 |
Gender (male %) | 62(40.0) | 94(61.0) | 108(69.2) | 0.000 | - |
Marital status (single %) | 116(74.8) | 89(57.8) | 102(65.4) | 0.080 | - |
Education (university graduate %) | 52(33.5) | 50(32.5) | 58(37.2) | 0.500 | - |
Occupation status (student %) | 112(72.3) | 114(74.0) | 122(78.2) | 0.227 | - |
Weight (kg) | 80.25(17.63) | 89.61(17.21) | 89.25(15.61) | 0.000 | 0.005†|
Height (cm) | 166.57(9.28) | 169.61(10.27) | 170.84(9.75) | 0.000 | 0.952 |
BMI (kg/m2) | 28.97(6.18) | 31.20(6.04) | 30.69(5.56) | 0.003 | 0.007†|
WC (cm) | 94.55(15.71) | 102.39(15.08) | 101.36(15.09) | 0.000 | 0.002†|
HC (cm) | 109.66(10.81) | 112.68(11.74) | 111.41(9.91) | 0.050 | 0.076 |
WHR (cm) | 0.85(0.09) | 0.90(0.09) | 0.90(0.09) | 0.000 | 0.017†|
FM (%) | 37.49(14.84) | 35.65(13.12) | 32.19(11.88) | 0.002 | 0.005‡‡ |
FM (kg) | 30.66(13.73) | 32.04(12.28) | 29.00(11.43) | 0.102 | 0.038‡‡ |
FFM (%) | 69.32(15.39) | 66.30(12.43) | 69.39(12.03) | 0.069 | 0.041 |
FFM (kg) | 54.09(10.80) | 58.37(12.01) | 61.22(12.14) | 0.000 | 0.035‡ |
PA (met-hour/week) | 3.08(2.90) | 3.11(4.26) | 3.85(5.99) | 0.238 | 0.656 |