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Table 4 Comparing macronutrients and amino acids intake of the participants based on BMI

From: The relationship between the intake of branched-chain and aromatic amino acids and individuals' sleep quality based on body mass index, gender, and age

Variables

BMI

Lean (N = 12)

(BMI < 18.5)

Normal (N = 111)

(BMI = 18.5- 24.9)

Overweight (N = 38)

(BMI = 25–29.9)

Obese (N = 11)

(BMI ≥ 30)

Macronutrients

Energy (kcal/day)

1758.73 ± 320.86a

2120.93 ± 612.80ba

2293.74 ± 558.52cb

2800/15 ± 737/70d

Carbohydrate (g/day)

256/03 ± 55/90a

313/34 ± 91/11b

337/05 ± 84/92cb

380/80 ± 73/79dc

Protein (g/day)

62/67 ± 15/08a

79/70 ± 26/84ba

87/88 ± 25/67cb

107/43 ± 42/33d

Fat (g/day)

58/23 ± 12/69a

68/38 ± 27/37a

73/30 ± 22/81a

100/51 ± 39/40b

Amino acids intakes

Tryptophan (mg/day)

576/39 ± 279/68a

803/28 ± 396/28ba

921/84 ± 410/40cb

1072/71 ± 514/17db

Phenylalanine (mg/day)

2265/98 ± 904/66a

2626/52 ± 1198/62ba

3350/92 ± 1428/63cb

2952/51 ± 1075/05db

Threonine (mg/day)

2151/44 ± 675/83a

2794/45 ± 1465/94a

3192/54 ± 1332/16a

5309/29 ± 5127/69b

Cystine (mg/day)

856/23 ± 339/99a

1053/53 ± 665/97a

1149/47 ± 511/85a

3506/05 ± 5585/46b

Tyrosine (mg/day)

1733/03 ± 727/96a

2743/54 ± 2118/68a

2941/47 ± 1632/70a

4906/69 ± 5120/80b

Leucine (mg/day)

3853/11 ± 1505/81a

5278/01 ± 2812/52ba

6045/04 ± 2322/12cb

8020/09 ± 5141/50d

Isoleucine (mg/day)

2364/63 ± 1097/83a

3315/02 ± 1712/23ba

3792/91 ± 1512/35cb

5087/73 ± 3424/14d

Lysine (mg/day)

3331/03 ± 1398/59a

4038/68 ± 1968/38ba

5002/98 ± 2070/04cb

6377/96 ± 2682/29d

Valine (mg/day)

2792/36 ± 1001/62a

3887/50 ± 2399/52ba

4382/19 ± 1731/20cb

5757/31 ± 3866/29dc

Histidine (mg/day)

1445/06 ± 426/87a

1792/37 ± 878/83ba

2077/83 ± 839/60cb

2562/65 ± 1164/33dc

  1. Quantitative variables were reported as mean ± SD
  2. Dissimilar letters in each row indicate a significant difference of P < 0.05 between groups based on the ANOVA test and DMRT