Dietary Protein Requirement of Elderly Men and Women
Status
Completed
Conditions
Age
Treatments
Other: Higher Protein
Other: Medium Protein
Other: Lower Protein
Details and patient eligibility
About
The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of age on the estimated average requirement and adequate allowance for dietary protein.
Enrollment
48 patients
Sex
All
Ages
18 to 85 years old
Volunteers
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Inclusion criteria
- Age: 21-46 years, 63-81 years old
- Not diagnosed with diabetes or metabolic syndrome
- Clinically normal blood laboratory values
Exclusion criteria
- Age: 21 years of younger, 47-62 years old, and 82 years and older
- BMI: 20-29 kg/m
- Weight stable: <2kg change within the last 3 months
- Physical Activity: constant habitual pattern, no deviation >1x week of 30/minute sessions within the last 3 months
Clinically abnormal values:
- Blood
- Urine
Also, exclude any:
- Using meds that would influence appetite
- Using any anti-inflammatory steroid medications
- Has a joint replacement
- A medical condition that might place them at risk for participating in the study or interfere with successful completion of the study
Trial design
Primary purpose
Prevention
Allocation
Randomized
Interventional model
Parallel Assignment
Masking
None (Open label)
48 participants in 4 patient groups
1
Experimental group
Description:
Young men, age 21-46 years.
Treatment:
Other: Higher Protein
Other: Medium Protein
Other: Lower Protein
2
Experimental group
Description:
Old Men, age 63-81 years.
Treatment:
Other: Higher Protein
Other: Medium Protein
Other: Lower Protein
3
Experimental group
Description:
Young women, age 21-46 years.
Treatment:
Other: Higher Protein
Other: Medium Protein
Other: Lower Protein
4
Experimental group
Description:
Old women, age 63-81 years.
Treatment:
Other: Higher Protein
Other: Medium Protein
Other: Lower Protein
Trial contacts and locations
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