Higher branched-chain amino acid intake is associated with a lower prevalence of being overweight or obese in middle-aged East Asian and Western adults

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 249-254

  Qin, Li Qiang ^a,c   Xun, Pengcheng ^a,b   Bujnowski, Deborah ^a,b   Daviglus, Martha L ^d   Van Horn, Linda ^d   Stamler, Jeremiah ^d   He, Ka ^a,b  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CHINA; DIETARY INTAKE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN INTAKE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AMINO ACIDS, BRANCHED-CHAIN; CHINA; DIET; DIET RECORDS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79251518295     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.110.128520     Document Type: Article

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