Dietary intakes of methionine, threonine, lysine, arginine and histidine increased risk of type 2 diabetes in Chinese population: does the mediation effect of obesity exist?

• Main Authors: Yuyan Liu (Author), Huan Wang (Author), Yuanhong Liang (Author), Zijun Guo (Author), Litong Qu (Author), Ying Wang (Author), Chengwen Zhang (Author), Guifan Sun (Author), Yongfang Li (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Published studies have shown positive associations of branched chain and aromatic amino acids with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), and the findings remain consistent. However, the associations of other essential and semi-essential amino acids, i.e., methionine (Met), threonine (...