Table 2.

Correlations between dietary histidine and energy intake, body weight, BMI, WC and blood pressure.

	Unadjusted		Adjusted *			Unadjusted		Adjusted *
	r	p	r	p		r	p	r	p
Overall					Normal BMI
Energy intake	−0.031	NS	−0.053	<0.05	Energy intake	−0.032	NS	−0.027	NS
Body weight	−0.093	<0.001	−0.076	<0.01	Body weight	−0.042	NS	−0.029	NS
BMI	−0.126	<0.001	−0.129	<0.001	BMI	−0.046	NS	−0.037	NS
WC	−0.127	<0.001	−0.132	<0.001	WC	−0.061	NS	−0.071	NS
SBP	−0.119	<0.001	−0.106	<0.001	SBP	−0.109	<0.001	−0.056	<0.05
DBP	−0.104	<0.001	−0.092	<0.001	DBP	−0.079	<0.01	−0.052	NS
Men					Overweight
Energy intake	−0.022	NS	−0.034	NS	Energy intake	−0.055	NS	−0.058	NS
Body weight	−0.061	<0.05	−0.064	<0.05	Body weight	−0.094	NS	−0.042	NS
BMI	−0.102	<0.01	−0.095	<0.05	BMI	−0.137	<0.001	−0.133	<0.001
WC	−0.096	<0.05	−0.093	<0.05	WC	−0.114	<0.05	−0.125	<0.05
SBP	−0.143	<0.001	−0.076	<0.05	SBP	−0.104	<0.01	−0.097	<0.05
DBP	−0.112	<0.001	−0.086	<0.01	DBP	−0.112	<0.01	−0.092	<0.05
Women					Obesity
Energy intake	−0.065	<0.05	−0.056	<0.05	Energy intake	−0.068	<0.05	−0.073	<0.05
Body weight	−0.096	<0.05	−0.088	<0.01	Body weight	−0.119	<0.05	−0.104	<0.05
BMI	−0.136	<0.001	−0.147	<0.001	BMI	−0.131	<0.01	−0.147	<0.001
WC	−0.138	<0.01	−0.153	<0.001	WC	−0.143	<0.01	−0.142	<0.01
SBP	−0.066	<0.05	0.113	<0.01	SBP	−0.117	<0.01	−0.113	<0.05
DBP	−0.065	<0.05	−0.109	<0.01	DBP	−0.143	<0.05	−0.131	<0.05

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; WC, waist circumference; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; NS, no significance. * Adjusting for dietary carbohydrate, fat, protein, fiber and cholesterol intake.