Table 3.
Participants’ total vegetal and animal protein intakes and protein intakes from main animal sources, according to global and abdominal obesity status, Observation of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Luxembourg (ORISCAV-LUX) study (n 1152)
| Global obesity | Abdominal obesity | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal weight (n 546) | Overweight (n 375) | Obese (n 231) | No (n 822) | Yes (n 330) | ||||||||
| Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | P value | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | P value | |
| Protein source | ||||||||||||
| Vegetal protein (g/d) | 29·8 | 12·1 | 28·0 | 11·3 | 30·1 | 13·3 | 0·040 | 29·5 | 11·8 | 28·7 | 12·9 | 0·31 |
| Vegetal protein (%E) | 4·9 | 1·1 | 4·8 | 1·2 | 4·9 | 1·1 | 0·69 | 4·9 | 1·1 | 5·0 | 1·2 | 0·77 |
| Animal protein (g/d) | 60·9 | 28·0 | 61·8 | 28·4 | 67·8 | 29·2 | 0·007 | 61·8 | 28·0 | 64·6 | 29·5 | 0·13 |
| Animal protein (%E) | 10·0 | 3·0 | 10·6 | 3·3 | 11·4 | 3·3 | <0·001 | 10·2 | 3·1 | 11·1 | 3·3 | <0·001 |
| Animal-protein food sources | ||||||||||||
| Protein from meat (g/d) | 28·6 | 20·8 | 29·1 | 19·5 | 34·9 | 24·0 | 0·001 | 29·6 | 21·4 | 31·1 | 20·7 | 0·30 |
| Protein from meat (%E) | 4·6 | 2·5 | 5·0 | 2·5 | 5·6 | 2·9 | <0·001 | 4·8 | 2·6 | 5·3 | 2·7 | 0·008 |
| Protein from fish and shellfish (g/d) | 8·7 | 7·0 | 9·8 | 7·9 | 11·4 | 12·7 | <0·001 | 9·1 | 7·3 | 10·9 | 11·5 | 0·001 |
| Protein from fish and shellfish (%E) | 1·5 | 1·2 | 1·8 | 1·4 | 1·9 | 1·6 | <0·001 | 1·6 | 1·3 | 1·9 | 1·5 | <0·001 |
| Protein from eggs (g/d) | 1·7 | 2·4 | 1·5 | 1·5 | 1·6 | 1·6 | 0·34 | 1·6 | 2·2 | 1·6 | 1·6 | 0·78 |
| Protein from eggs (%E) | 0·3 | 0·4 | 0·3 | 0·2 | 0·3 | 0·3 | 0·56 | 0·3 | 0·3 | 0·3 | 0·3 | 0·44 |
| Protein from milk products (g/d) | 14·9 | 11·8 | 14·5 | 12·7 | 14·4 | 10·6 | 0·84 | 14·6 | 12·1 | 14·9 | 11·1 | 0·70 |
| Protein from milk products (%E) | 2·5 | 1·7 | 2·4 | 1·7 | 2·4 | 1·7 | 0·90 | 2·4 | 1·7 | 2·6 | 1·7 | 0·15 |
%E, percentage of total daily energy intake.