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Table 2 Age, anthropometry, fasting serum concentrations of glucose and insulin, and estimated daily protein intake

From: Serum concentrations of amino acids and tryptophan metabolites are affected by consumption of a light breakfast: a clinical intervention study in adults with overweight or obesity

 

Total (N = 63)

Men (N = 27)

Women (N = 36)

P sex

Age (years)

42.8 (39.9, 45.8)

44.3 (40.6, 48.2)

41.6 (37.4, 46.3)

1.00

BMI (kg/m2)

32.9 (31.8, 34.0)

32.9 (31.3, 34.6)

32.8 (31.3, 34.4)

1.00

Body weight (kg)

98.3 (94.3, 102.6)

106.0 (99.2, 113.2)

92.6 (88.3, 97.2)

0.088

Muscle mass (%)

34.6 (33.4, 35.8)

38.8 (37.2, 40.5)

31.5 (30.6, 32.4)

1.4 × 10–8

Body fat (%)

36.9 (34.8, 39.1)

30.7 (28.3, 33.4)

42.7 (41.2, 44.2)

8.5 × 10–7

Glucose (mmol/l)

5.2 (5.1, 5.4)

5.3 (5.1, 5.5)

5.2 (5.0, 5.4)

1.00

Insulin (pmol/l)

7.5 (6.2, 9.0)

8.4 (6.4, 11.1)

6.7 (5.2, 8.6)

1.00

Protein intake (g/day)1

92 (87, 98)

106 (97, 116)

83 (77, 89)

0.0039

  1. 1Geometric mean of estimated daily protein intake for 5 days preceding the blood sampling
  2. Data are presented as geometric means with 5, 95% CI. Men and women were compared using independent samples T test. P < 0.05 was considered significant