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Table 3.

Correlations between macronutrients and physiological variables ¹.

		kcals	Protein (g)	EAA (g)	CHO (g)	Fat (g)	EAA:Protein
Postprandial FSR (%/h)	R	−0.334 *	−0.189 *	0.230 *	−0.210 *	−0.402 *	0.644 *
Postprandial FSR (%/h)	N	134	134	134	134	134	134
ΔFSR (%/h)	R	−0.346 *	−0.205 *	0.227 *	−0.255 *	−0.383 *	0.585 *
ΔFSR (%/h)	N	134	134	134	134	134	134
ΔWBPS (g/h)	R	−0.227 *	0.033	0.386 *	−0.269 *	−0.279 *	0.409 *
ΔWBPS (g/h)	N	112	112	112	112	112	112
EAA AUCi (umol/L/min)	R	0.096	0.400 *	0.822 *	0.063	−0.121	0.379 *
EAA AUCi (umol/L/min)	N	134	134	134	134	134	134
EAAC_max (umol/L)	R	−0.429 *	−0.169	0.510 *	−0.342 *	−0.524 *	0.781 *
EAAC_max (umol/L)	N	134	134	134	134	134	134
Δ[EAA] (umol/L)	R	−0.383 *	−0.094	0.604 *	−0.323 *	−0.495 *	0.733 *
Δ[EAA] (umol/L)	N	134	134	134	134	134	134
Rate to Peak EAAC_max (umol/L/min)	R	−0.546 *	−0.303 *	0.418 *	−0.430 *	−0.611 *	0.841 *
Rate to Peak EAAC_max (umol/L/min)	N	134	134	134	134	134	134

¹ kcal = kilocalories; EAA = essential amino acid; CHO = carbohydrate; EAA: protein = EAA to total protein ratio; g = grams; h = hours; FSR = fractional synthetic rate; ΔFSR = postprandial FSR minus postabsorptive FSR; WBPS = whole-body protein synthesis; ΔWBPS = postprandial WBPS minus postabsorptive WBPS; EAA AUCi = EAA area under the curve above basal; EAAC_max = max EAA concentration; ΔEAA = EAAC_max minus basal EAA concentration. * = significant correlation.