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Table 2 Energy adjusted dietary intakes of study participants across different tertiles of dietary intake of BCAA

From: Dietary branched-chain amino acids intake, glycemic markers, metabolic profile, and anthropometric features in a community-based sample of overweight and obese adults

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

Energy (kcal)

2107.56(639.66)

2886.33(830.09)

3729.59(1212.15)

0 < 0.001

0 < 0.001†‡a

Branched Chains Amino Acids (gr/day)

12.95(2.13)

19.93(2.26)

33.63(11.35)

0 < 0.001

0 < 0.001†‡a

Protein (g/day)

68.23(18.60)

92.69(21.84)

132.63(49.51)

0 < 0.001

0 < 0.001‡a

Fat (g/day)

69.26(25.45)

95.24(40.91)

127.54 (57.98)

0 < 0.001

0.540

CHO (g/day)

320.29(119.31)

437.22(137.50)

536.03(181.35)

0 < 0.001

0.006a

Total Fiber (g/day)

34.08(21.04)

54.28(29.91)

71.62(51.33)

0 < 0.001

0.499

SFA (g/day)

20.66(8.15)

27.75(12.32)

38.49(21.93)

0 < 0.001

0.476

MUFA (g/day)

22.41(8.78)

31.41(15.30)

42.14(20.51)

0 < 0.001

0.834

PUFA(g/day)

15.63(6.70)

22.08(13.67)

27.74(15.05)

0 < 0.001

0.609

Cholesterol (mg/day)

179.38(103.18)

263.13(217.67)

394.90(231.99)

0 < 0.001

0 < 0.001‡a

Sodium (mg/day)

3152.19(1384.36)

4362.41(2161.64)

5289.44(2507.03)

0 < 0.001

0.171

Iron (mg/day)

17.28(6.17)

23.92(13.53)

29.73(11.31)

0 < 0.001

0.195

Magnesium (mg/day)

345.25(137.22)

479.16(145.96)

636.23(285.89)

0 < 0.001

0.071

Zinc (mg/day)

9.49(3.38)

12.89(4.03)

18.28(8.81)

0 < 0.001

0.006a

Phosphorus (mg/day)

1206.98(387.55)

1657.10(501.58)

2197.03(792.94)

0 < 0.001

0 < 0.001‡a

Calcium (mg/day)

910.68(305.89)

1234.33(410.10)

1636.01(700.41)

0 < 0.001

0.004‡a

Potassium (mg/day)

3335.10(1566.32)

4451.69(1600.62)

5608.71(2248.20)

0 < 0.001

0.904

Copper (mg/day)

1.97(0.70)

2.51(0.93)

3.48(2.00)

0 < 0.001

0.321

Manganese (mg/day)

4.95(2.36)

7.54(2.88)

10.26(4.76)

0 < 0.001

0 < 0.001†‡a

Selenium (mg/day)

75.52(63.93)

116.21(71.39)

146.27(99.50)

0 < 0.001

0.218

Fluoride (mg/day)

3029.03(3542.05)

4108.20(3895.14)

7788.42(7265.19)

0 < 0.001

0 < 0.001†‡a

Chromium (mg/day)

0.09(0.07)

0.14(0.09)

0.16(0.13)

0 < 0.001

0.293

Vitamin C (mg/day)

190.25(168.13)

230.10(175.24)

235.91(166.03)

0.037

0 < 0.001‡a

VitaminB1 (mg/day)

1.72(0.56)

2.43(0.73)

3.19(1.21)

0 < 0.001

0.008

VitaminB2 (mg/day)

1.63(0.58)

2.31(0.74)

3.21(1.31)

0 < 0.001

0 < 0.001

VitaminB3 (mg/day)

19.77(6.05)

27.71(7.15)

37.28(13.52)

0 < 0.001

0 < 0.001

VitaminB6 (mg/day)

1.54(0.66)

2.16(0.88)

2.63(1.03)

0 < 0.001

0.399

VitaminB9 (µg/day)

419.86(205.97)

610.22(231.46)

803.51(378.49)

0 < 0.001

0.015‡a

VitaminB12 (µg/day)

3.54(1.97)

4.86(2.97)

9.61(15.06)

0 < 0.001

0.078

VitaminB5 (mg/day)

5.15(1.80)

6.66(2.43)

8.44(3.34)

0 < 0.001

0.926

VitaminB8 (mg/day)

27.44(15.45)

36.83(15.60)

44.34(21.17)

0 < 0.001

0.852

Vitamin A (RAE/day)

735.05(448.10)

945.26(629.34)

1422.96(1480.44)

0 < 0.001

0.491

Vitamin D (µg/day)

1.52(1.07)

2.03(1.48)

2.62(2.22)

0 < 0.001

0.003‡

Vitamin K (µg/day)

180.17(136.27)

223.39(147.38)

327.92(292.63)

0 < 0.001

0.071

Vitamin E (mg/day)

9.02(6.34)

13.90(9.47)

15.45(9.53)

0 < 0.001

0.198

  1. CHO: Carbohydrate; SFA: Saturated fatty acids; MUFA: Monounsaturated fatty acids; PUFA: Polyunsaturated fatty acids *P Significant at P < 0.05; 95th confidence intervals of the difference in parentheses. **P values are obtained from ANCOVA model after adjustment for the confounding effects of age, sex, BMI and physical activity, calorie intake
  2. † post hoc Tukey signature difference between 1st tertile and 2nd tertile
  3. ‡ post hoc Tukey signature difference between 1st tertile and 3rd tertile
  4. a: post hoc Tukey signature difference between 2nd tertile and 3rd tertile