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Table 3 Consumption rates of 8 diet components (grams/day)

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

Fruits (g/d)

509.77(502.51)

654.96(579.24)

622.02(542.65)

0.048

0 < 0.001†

Vegetables (g/d)

272.45(191.68)

325.53(185.47)

396.94(316.18)

0 < 0.001

0.960

MFP (g/d)

57.09 (31.70)

73.34(40.51)

127.51(132.40)

0 < 0.001

0 < 0.001††

Dairy (g/d)

253.13(170.32)

330.23(240.01)

462.28(394.62)

0 < 0.001

0.009††

Grains (g/d)

409.36(155.69)

563.23(206.41)

731.59(289.61)

0 < 0.001

0 < 0.001††

Nuts(g/day)

11.52(15.37)

20.10(28.85)

44.68(120.08)

0 < 0.001

0.269

Beans(g/day)

33.41(25.35)

47.48(39.21)

66.95(73.48)

0 < 0.001

0.339

Fiber (g/day)

13.63(10.22)

18.49(11.08)

22.62(19.03)

0 < 0.001

0.10

  1. MFP; meat, Fish, Poultry. All data are expressed as mean (± SD). P-values derived from one-way ANOVA. *All variables were adjusted for demographic characteristics including age, sex, physical activity and calorie intake. The bold values represent statistically significance
  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. †† post hoc Tukey signature difference between 2nd tertile and 3rd tertile