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Dietary BCAA Intake Is Associated with Demographic, Socioeconomic and Lifestyle Factors in Residents of São Paulo, Brazil

by
Ana Carolina Pallottini
,
Cristiane Hermes Sales
,
Diva Aliete dos Santos Vieira
,
Dirce Maria Marchioni
and
Regina Mara Fisberg
*
Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, University of Sao Paulo, Av. Dr. Arnaldo, 715, Cerqueira César, São Paulo CEP 01246-904, Brazil
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Nutrients 2017, 9(5), 449; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu9050449
Submission received: 21 March 2017 / Revised: 21 April 2017 / Accepted: 26 April 2017 / Published: 2 May 2017

Abstract

Background: Identifying which risk groups have a higher intake of branched chain amino acids (BCAA) is important for the planning of public policies. This study was undertaken to investigate BCAA consumption, the foods contributing to that consumption and their association with demographic, socioeconomic and lifestyle factors. Methods: Data from the Health Survey of São Paulo, a cross-sectional population-based survey (n = 1662; age range 12–97 years), were used. Dietary intake was measured using 24-h dietary recalls. Baseline characteristics were collected. Associations between BCAA intake and demographic, socioeconomic and lifestyle factors were determined using linear regression. Results: Total BCAA intake was 217.14 mg/kg·day (Leu: 97.16 mg/kg·day; Ile: 56.44 mg/kg·day; Val: 63.54 mg/kg·day). BCAA intake was negatively associated with female sex in adolescents and adult groups, with no white race in adolescents, and with former smoker status in adults. Conversely, BCAA was positively associated with household per capita income in adolescents and adults. No associations were observed in the older adults group. Main food contributors to BCAA were unprocessed red meat, unprocessed poultry, bread and toast, beans and rice. Conclusions: Adolescents and adults were the most vulnerable to having their BCCA intake influenced by demographic, socioeconomic and lifestyle factors.
Keywords: diet; epidemiology survey; nutritional assessment; protein diet; epidemiology survey; nutritional assessment; protein

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Pallottini, A.C.; Sales, C.H.; Vieira, D.A.d.S.; Marchioni, D.M.; Fisberg, R.M. Dietary BCAA Intake Is Associated with Demographic, Socioeconomic and Lifestyle Factors in Residents of São Paulo, Brazil. Nutrients 2017, 9, 449. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu9050449

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Pallottini AC, Sales CH, Vieira DAdS, Marchioni DM, Fisberg RM. Dietary BCAA Intake Is Associated with Demographic, Socioeconomic and Lifestyle Factors in Residents of São Paulo, Brazil. Nutrients. 2017; 9(5):449. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu9050449

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Pallottini, Ana Carolina, Cristiane Hermes Sales, Diva Aliete dos Santos Vieira, Dirce Maria Marchioni, and Regina Mara Fisberg. 2017. "Dietary BCAA Intake Is Associated with Demographic, Socioeconomic and Lifestyle Factors in Residents of São Paulo, Brazil" Nutrients 9, no. 5: 449. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu9050449

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Pallottini, A. C., Sales, C. H., Vieira, D. A. d. S., Marchioni, D. M., & Fisberg, R. M. (2017). Dietary BCAA Intake Is Associated with Demographic, Socioeconomic and Lifestyle Factors in Residents of São Paulo, Brazil. Nutrients, 9(5), 449. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu9050449

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