Table 4 Biochemical parameters of study participants across different tertiles of dietary intake of BCAA
Variables | BCAA | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T1 (n = 155) (6.99–16.32) | T2 (n = 155) (16.35–23.77) | T3 (n = 155) (23.87–93.87) | *P | **P | |
FBS (mg/dl) | 84.13(14.47) | 87.37(16.81) | 88.35(24.21) | 0.123 | 0.453 |
Insulin (µ IU/ml) | 14.54(14.55) | 15.51(18.50) | 14.20(14.44) | 0.754 | 0.758 |
TC (mg/dl) | 201.06(47.92) | 191.48(38.75) | 186.32(40.12) | 0.008 | 0.117 |
HDL (mg/dl) | 45.09(10.65) | 45.58(9.84) | 43.90(10.49) | 0.339 | 0.462 |
LDL (mg/dl) | 132.22(47.88) | 121.92(34.71) | 116.37(37.67) | 0.002 | 0.027‡ |
TG (mg/dl) | 141.00(96.36) | 148.97(91.98) | 146.65(78.52) | 0.722 | 0.590 |
HOMA-IR | 3.18(3.42) | 3.39(3.98) | 3.18(3.34) | 0.833 | 0.844 |
QUICKI | 0.34(0.04) | 0.33(0.03) | 0.33(0.03) | 0.747 | 0.766 |