Table 5 Crude and adjusted means of components of sarcopenia across tertiles of total and individual BCAAs intake.
Variables | BCAAs intake | P† | Valine intake | P† | Leucine intake | P† | Isoleucine intake | P† | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T1 (n = 105) | T3 (n = 96) | T1 (n = 106) | T3 (n = 95) | T1 (n = 105) | T3 (n = 96) | T1 (n = 106) | T3 (n = 95) | |||||
Muscle mass [ASM/h2] (kg) | ||||||||||||
Crude | 6.53 ± 0.09 | 6.70 ± 0.09 | 0.48 | 6.56 ± 0.10 | 6.67 ± 0.09 | 0.72 | 6.53 ± 0.09 | 6.73 ± 0.10 | 0.32 | 6.54 ± 0.09 | 6.71 ± 0.09 | 0.44 |
Modela | 6.56 ± 0.08 | 6.62 ± 0.09 | 0.77 | 6.58 ± 0.08 | 6.63 ± 0.09 | 0.94 | 6.55 ± 0.08 | 6.65 ± 0.09 | 0.73 | 6.58 ± 0.08 | 6.64 ± 0.09 | 0.88 |
Hand grip strength (psi) | ||||||||||||
Crude | 10.79 ± 0.34 | 11.78 ± 0.38 | 0.04 | 10.74 ± 0.34 | 11.48 ± 0.38 | 0.31 | 10.80 ± 0.34 | 11.7 ± 0.39 | 0.05 | 10.77 ± 0.34 | 11.65 ± 3.84 | 0.12 |
Modela | 10.84 ± 0.24 | 11.39 ± 0.26 | 0.30 | 10.79 ± 0.24 | 11.28 ± 0.26 | 0.44 | 10.83 ± 0.24 | 11.34 ± 0.26 | 0.42 | 10.95 ± 0.24 | 11.29 ± 0.26 | 0.51 |
Gait speed (m/s) | ||||||||||||
Crude | 0.84 ± 0.02 | 0.86 ± 0.02 | 0.31 | 0.84 ± 0.21 | 0.85 ± 0.21 | 0.81 | 0.84 ± 0.02 | 0.86 ± 0.02 | 0.38 | 0.82 ± 0.02 | 0.86 ± 0.02 | 0.53 |
Modela | 0.82 ± 0.02 | 0.84 ± 0.02 | 0.77 | 0.85 ± 0.02 | 0.83 ± 0.02 | 0.88 | 0.84 ± 0.02 | 0.84 ± 0.02 | 0.96 | 0.83 ± 0.02 | 0.84 ± 0.02 | 0.95 |