TABLE 1.
Participant characteristics and plasma amino acid concentrations measured before the meal during their first visit1
| Characteristics | Values |
|---|---|
| Anthropometry | |
| Age, y | 28.0 ± 3.8 |
| Body weight, kg | 76.5 ± 10.1 |
| Body height, cm | 176.4 ± 6.0 |
| BMI, kg/m2 | 24.5 ± 2.7 |
| Systolic pressure, mm Hg | 118.2 ± 11.8 |
| Diastolic pressure, mm Hg | 77.7 ± 9.1 |
| Heart rate, bpm | 66.3 ± 9.1 |
| Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire scores, % | |
| Cognitive restraint | 50.9 ± 16.7 |
| Uncontrolled eating | 54.2 ± 13.2 |
| Emotional eating | 52.6 ± 18.2 |
| BCAAs, µmol/L | |
| Isoleucine | 79.9 ± 11.2 |
| Leucine | 142.2 ± 16.3 |
| Valine | 261.8 ± 33.2 |
| Other EAAs, µmol/L | |
| Histidine | 50.5 ± 9.4 |
| Lysine | 140.3 ± 25.7 |
| Methionine | 27.1 ± 3.67 |
| Phenylalanine | 73.4 ± 6.6 |
| Threonine | 129.9 ± 19.6 |
| Tryptophan | 71.0 ± 12.5 |
| NEAAs, µmol/L | |
| Alanine | 356.1 ± 69.3 |
| Arginine | 55.1 ± 10.1 |
| Asparagine | 55.1 ± 8.1 |
| Aspartic acid | 4.2 ± 1.2 |
| Glutamic acid | 37.5 ± 13.3 |
| Glutamine | 667.3 ± 72.0 |
| Glycine | 252.7 ± 45.5 |
| Proline | 234.5 ± 70.5 |
| Serine | 119.6 ± 17.6 |
| Tyrosine | 69.2 ± 10.4 |
| NPAAs, µmol/L | |
| Citrulline | 35.8 ± 5.8 |
| Hydroxyproline | 14.3 ± 5.6 |
| Ornithine | 40.6 ± 10.4 |
| Taurine | 67.0 ± 12.1 |
| TAAs, µmol/L | 2985 ± 252 |
1
Values are means ± SDs; n = 29. BCAA, branched-chain amino acid; bpm, beats per minute; EAA, essential amino acid; NEAA, nonessential amino acid; NPAA, non-proteogenic amino acid; TAA, total amino acid.