Table 7.

The baseline of plasma amino acid concentrations in subsequent new MetS and subsequent non-MetS groups.

	Subsequent non-MetS (n=218)	Subsequent new MetS (n=42)	P-value	OR (95% CI)
Leu	130.46 ± 23.15	141.46 ± 21.83	0.009*	1.020 (1.005–1.036)
Ile	53.25 ± 12.83	59.29 ± 11.39	0.01*	1.036 (1.009–1.064)
Val	186.17 ± 35.74	195.97 ± 36.24	0.13	1.008 (0.998–1.017)
Tyr	70.18 ± 13.50	76.20 ± 14.14	0.017*	1.031 (1.015–1.046)
Trp	30.11 ± 5.01	30.80 ± 4.37	0.437	1.028 (0.958–1.104)
Phe	141.11 ± 41.19	149.74 ± 38.17	0.122	0.993 (0.983–1.002)
Glu	35.59 ± 6.06	37.03 ± 5.60	0.182	1.040 (0.982–1.101)
Asp	6.71 ± 1.58	7.15 ± 1.90	0.134	1.169 (0.953–1.433)
Ala	196.27 ± 40.33	211.39 ± 43.24	0.042*	1.009 (1.000–1.018)
His	97.19 ± 26.77	103.88 ± 24.99	0.162	1.009 (0.996–1.022)
Met	42.89 ± 9.76	46.25 ± 11.03	0.063	1.033 (0.998–1.069)
Asn	48.63 ± 11.02	50.74 ± 8.81	0.272	1.018 (0.986–1.051)
Pro	300.04 ± 94.72	309.83 ± 65.48	0.551	1.001 (0.998–1.004)
Tau	1.68 ± 0.59	1.37 ± 0.53	0.003*	0.325 (0.153–0.686)

Statistical differences between subsequent new MetS and subsequent non-MetS are shown as *P < 0.05.

Ile, isoleucine; Leu, leucine; Val, valine; Tyr, tyrosine; Trp, tryptophan; Phe, phenylalanine; Glu, glutamic; Asp, aspartic; Ala, alanine; His, histidine; Met, methionine; Asn, asparagine; Pro, proline; Tau, taurine.