Postprandial effects of a meal low in sulfur amino acids and high in polyunsaturated fatty acids compared to a meal high in sulfur amino acids and saturated fatty acids on stearoyl CoA-desaturase indices and plasma sulfur amino acids: a pilot study

Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the participants

	Cys/Met_low + PUFA	Cys/Met_high + SFA	p-value
Participants, n	5	5
Female	4	4
Male	1	1
Age, y	33 (22–38)	23 (20–34)	0.29
Weight, kg	65.0 (58.5–79.0)	64.6 (59.5–69.0)	0.69
Height, m	1.72 (1.68–1.77)	1.69 (1.59–1.75)	0.40
BMI, kg/m²	22.4 (20.7–26.1)	22.9 (20.8–23.9)	1.00
Systolic blood pressure, mm Hg	111 (99–124)	111 (104–137)	0.60
Diastolic blood pressure, mm Hg	58 (57–65)	67 (56–86)	0.21

Cys/Met_low + PUFA, meal with low contents of cysteine and methionine, and high contents of polyunsaturated fatty acids; Cys/Met_high + SFA, meal with high contents of cysteine, methionine and saturated fatty acids

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