title: Is the pattern of dietary amino acids intake associated with serum lipid profile and blood pressure among individuals with spinal cord injury?
abstract: The probable effect of dietary amino acids intake pattern on serum lipid profile and blood pressure (BP) have not yet been described among individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI).
  
  
  
  Cross-sectional.
  
  
  
  Tertiary rehabilitation center.
  
  
  
  People with SCI referred to Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Research Center between 2011 and 2014.
  
  
  
  Dietary intakes were assessed by recording consumed foods by 24-hour dietary recall interviews using Nutritionist IV 3.5.3 modified for Iranian foods. Partial correlation test with adjustment for age, weight, body mass index, total energy intake, total fat, cholesterol and carbohydrate intake, and injury-related variables was used.
  
  
  
  Dietary intake of lysine was positively related to levels of fasting plasma glucose (FPG), triglyceride (TG), systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) (P < 0.0001, 0.046, 0.002 and 0.009, respectively). There was a positive significant relationship between the intake of cysteine and levels of TG and SBP as well (P : 0.027 and 0.048, respectively). Higher intakes of threonine and leucine had a negative relationship with TG level (P : 0.001 and 0.026, respectively). Furthermore, tyrosine, threonine and leucine were inversely correlated to blood pressure. Total cholesterol level was only related to intake of threonine and leucine (P : 0.004 and 0.012, respectively). FPG was positively associated with intake of all amino acids except for cysteine, glutamic acid, threonine, leucine and histidine.
  
  
  
  In the present study, the pattern of relationships between dietary intake of amino acids and serum lipid profile and BP has been described among people with SCI.
authors.affiliation: a Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Research Center, Neuroscience Institute , Tehran University of Medical Sciences , Tehran , Iran.
authors.forename: Abbas Norouzi
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Javidan
authors.affiliation: a Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Research Center, Neuroscience Institute , Tehran University of Medical Sciences , Tehran , Iran.
authors.forename: Hadis
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sabour
authors.affiliation: b Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases Research Center , Ahvaz Jundishapour University of Medical Sciences , Tehran , Iran.
authors.forename: Maryam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nazari
authors.affiliation: a Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Research Center, Neuroscience Institute , Tehran University of Medical Sciences , Tehran , Iran.
authors.forename: Zahra
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Soltani
authors.affiliation: c Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Institute (EMRI) , Tehran University of Medical Sciences , Tehran , Iran.
authors.forename: Ramin
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Heshmat
authors.affiliation: c Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Institute (EMRI) , Tehran University of Medical Sciences , Tehran , Iran.
authors.forename: Bagher
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Larijani
authors.affiliation: a Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Research Center, Neuroscience Institute , Tehran University of Medical Sciences , Tehran , Iran.
authors.forename: Seyed-Mohammad
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Ghodsi
authors.affiliation: a Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Research Center, Neuroscience Institute , Tehran University of Medical Sciences , Tehran , Iran.
authors.forename: Seyed-Hassan Emami
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Razavi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D001794:Blood Pressure; D004044:Dietary Proteins / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood*; D008239:Lysine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000097:blood* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D004044:Dietary Proteins; D008055:Lipids; D008239:Lysine
keywords: Amino acids; Cholesterol; Spinal cord injury; Triglyceride