Nutrients (Oct 2018)
Branched-Chain Amino Acid Database Integrated in MEDIPAD Software as a Tool for Nutritional Investigation of Mediterranean Populations
- Sara Haydar,
- Thomas Paillot,
- Christophe Fagot,
- Yannick Cogne,
- Athanasios Fountas,
- Yildiz Tutuncu,
- Madalina Vintila,
- Agathocles Tsatsoulis,
- Pham Thanh Chi,
- Patrick Garandeau,
- Dan Chetea,
- Corin Badiu,
- Monica Gheorghiu,
- Dorina Ylli,
- Corinne Lautier,
- Morana Jarec,
- Louis Monnier,
- Christophe Normand,
- Jelena Šarac,
- Abdelhamid Barakat,
- Sasa Missoni,
- Michel Pugeat,
- Patrick Poucheret,
- Felicia Hanzu,
- Ramon Gomis,
- Josep Maria Macias,
- Serghey Litvinov,
- Elza Khusnutdinova,
- Catalina Poiana,
- Renato Pasquali,
- Davide Lauro,
- Giorgio Sesti,
- Vincenzo Trischitta,
- Sonia Abdelhak,
- Akila Zenati,
- Agron Ylli,
- Ilhan Satman,
- Timo Kanninen,
- Yves Rinato,
- Florin Grigorescu
Affiliations
- Sara Haydar
- Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR)204 NUTRIPASS (Nutrition et Alimentation des Populations aux Suds, IRD, UM, SupAgro), Molecular Endocrinology, Institut Universitaire de Recherche Clinique (IURC), Faculty of Medicine, University of Montpellier, 34093 Montpellier, France
- Thomas Paillot
- Intactile Design SA, 34000 Montpellier, France
- Christophe Fagot
- Intactile Design SA, 34000 Montpellier, France
- Yannick Cogne
- Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR)204 NUTRIPASS (Nutrition et Alimentation des Populations aux Suds, IRD, UM, SupAgro), Molecular Endocrinology, Institut Universitaire de Recherche Clinique (IURC), Faculty of Medicine, University of Montpellier, 34093 Montpellier, France
- Athanasios Fountas
- Department of Endocrinology, School of Medicine, University of Ioannina, 45110 Ioannina, Greece
- Yildiz Tutuncu
- Department of Internal Medicine, Istanbul University, 34093 Istanbul, Turkey
- Madalina Vintila
- Department of Endocrinology, Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Carol Davila, 011863 Bucharest, Romania
- Agathocles Tsatsoulis
- Department of Endocrinology, School of Medicine, University of Ioannina, 45110 Ioannina, Greece
- Pham Thanh Chi
- Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR)204 NUTRIPASS (Nutrition et Alimentation des Populations aux Suds, IRD, UM, SupAgro), Molecular Endocrinology, Institut Universitaire de Recherche Clinique (IURC), Faculty of Medicine, University of Montpellier, 34093 Montpellier, France
- Patrick Garandeau
- Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR)204 NUTRIPASS (Nutrition et Alimentation des Populations aux Suds, IRD, UM, SupAgro), Molecular Endocrinology, Institut Universitaire de Recherche Clinique (IURC), Faculty of Medicine, University of Montpellier, 34093 Montpellier, France
- Dan Chetea
- Nicolae Paulescu National Institute, 020475 Bucharest, Romania
- Corin Badiu
- Department of Endocrinology, Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Carol Davila, 011863 Bucharest, Romania
- Monica Gheorghiu
- Department of Endocrinology, Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Carol Davila, 011863 Bucharest, Romania
- Dorina Ylli
- Faculty of Medicine, Mjekesise University of Tirana, 1005 Tirana, Albania
- Corinne Lautier
- Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR)204 NUTRIPASS (Nutrition et Alimentation des Populations aux Suds, IRD, UM, SupAgro), Molecular Endocrinology, Institut Universitaire de Recherche Clinique (IURC), Faculty of Medicine, University of Montpellier, 34093 Montpellier, France
- Morana Jarec
- Institute for Anthropological Research, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
- Louis Monnier
- Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR)204 NUTRIPASS (Nutrition et Alimentation des Populations aux Suds, IRD, UM, SupAgro), Molecular Endocrinology, Institut Universitaire de Recherche Clinique (IURC), Faculty of Medicine, University of Montpellier, 34093 Montpellier, France
- Christophe Normand
- Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR)204 NUTRIPASS (Nutrition et Alimentation des Populations aux Suds, IRD, UM, SupAgro), Molecular Endocrinology, Institut Universitaire de Recherche Clinique (IURC), Faculty of Medicine, University of Montpellier, 34093 Montpellier, France
- Jelena Šarac
- Institute for Anthropological Research, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
- Abdelhamid Barakat
- Institut Pasteur du Maroc, 20360 Casablanca, Morocco
- Sasa Missoni
- Institute for Anthropological Research, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
- Michel Pugeat
- Fédération d’Endocrinologie, Cardio-Neuro Hospital, University Claude Bernard de Lyon 1, 69677 Lyon-Bron, France
- Patrick Poucheret
- Faculty of Pharmacy, UMR 95 Qualisud, University of Montpellier, 34398 Montpellier, France
- Felicia Hanzu
- Institut d’Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i Sunyer, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
- Ramon Gomis
- Institut d’Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i Sunyer, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
- Josep Maria Macias
- Institut Catala d’Arqueologia Classica, 43003 Tarragona, Spain
- Serghey Litvinov
- Institut Biohimii i Genetiki RAN, 450054 Ufa, Russian
- Elza Khusnutdinova
- Institut Biohimii i Genetiki RAN, 450054 Ufa, Russian
- Catalina Poiana
- Department of Endocrinology, Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Carol Davila, 011863 Bucharest, Romania
- Renato Pasquali
- Division of Endocrinology, University Alma Mater Studiorum, 40138 Bologna, Italy
- Davide Lauro
- Department of Internal Medicine, Universita degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata, 00173 Roma, Italy
- Giorgio Sesti
- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
- Vincenzo Trischitta
- Scientific Institute Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, 71013 San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
- Sonia Abdelhak
- Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Laboratory of Biomedical Genomics and Oncogenetics, 1002 Tunis, Tunisia
- Akila Zenati
- Laboratoire de Biochimie Génétique, CHU Bab-El-Oued, Université d’Alger, Alger 16000, Algeria
- Agron Ylli
- Faculty of Medicine, Mjekesise University of Tirana, 1005 Tirana, Albania
- Ilhan Satman
- Department of Internal Medicine, Istanbul University, 34093 Istanbul, Turkey
- Timo Kanninen
- BC Platforms Ltd. Oy, 02130 Espoo, Finland
- Yves Rinato
- Intactile Design SA, 34000 Montpellier, France
- Florin Grigorescu
- Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR)204 NUTRIPASS (Nutrition et Alimentation des Populations aux Suds, IRD, UM, SupAgro), Molecular Endocrinology, Institut Universitaire de Recherche Clinique (IURC), Faculty of Medicine, University of Montpellier, 34093 Montpellier, France
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/nu10101392
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 10,
no. 10
p. 1392
Abstract
Branched-chained amino acids (BCAA) are essential dietary components for humans and can act as potential biomarkers for diabetes development. To efficiently estimate dietary intake, we developed a BCAA database for 1331 food items found in the French Centre d’Information sur la Qualité des Aliments (CIQUAL) food table by compiling BCAA content from international tables, published measurements, or by food similarity as well as by calculating 267 items from Greek, Turkish, Romanian, and Moroccan mixed dishes. The database embedded in MEDIPAD software capable of registering 24 h of dietary recalls (24HDR) with clinical and genetic data was evaluated based on archived 24HDR of the Saint Pierre Institute (France) from 2957 subjects, which indicated a BCAA content up to 4.2 g/100 g of food and differences among normal weight and obese subjects across BCAA quartiles. We also evaluated the database of 119 interviews of Romanians, Turkish and Albanians in Greece (27–65 years) during the MEDIGENE program, which indicated mean BCAA intake of 13.84 and 12.91 g/day in males and females, respectively, comparable to other studies. The MEDIPAD is user-friendly, multilingual, and secure software and with the BCAA database is suitable for conducting nutritional assessment in the Mediterranean area with particular facilities for food administration.
Keywords
- BCAA
- 24-h dietary recall
- computer technology
- nutrition
- dietary assessment
- insulin resistance
- Mediterranean
- web-based recalls
- metabolic syndrome