Branched-Chain Amino Acid Database Integrated in MEDIPAD Software as a Tool for Nutritional Investigation of Mediterranean Populations

Sara Haydar (1) , Thomas Paillot (2) , Christophe Fagot (2) , Yannick Cogne (1) , Athanasios Fountas (3) , Yildiz Tutuncu (4) , Madalina Vintila (5) , Agathocles Tsatsoulis (3) , Pham Thanh Chi (1) , Patrick Garandeau (1) , Dan Chetea (6) , Corin Badiu (5) , Monica Gheorghiu (5) , Dorina Ylli (7) , Corinne Lautier (1) , Morana Jarec (8) , Louis Monnier (1) , Christophe Normand (1) , Jelena Šarac (8) , Abdelhamid Barakat (9) , Sasa Missoni (8) , Michel Pugeat (10, 11) , Patrick Poucheret (12) , Felicia Hanzu (13) , Ramon Gomis (13) , Josep Maria Macias (14) , Serghey Litvinov (15) , Elza Khusnutdinova (15) , Catalina Poiana (5) , Renato Pasquali (16) , Davide Lauro (17) , Giorgio Sesti (18) , Vincenzo Trischitta (19) , Sonia Abdelhak (20) , Akila Zenati (21) , Agron Ylli (7) , Ilhan Satman (4) , Timo Kanninen (22) , Yves Rinato (23) , Florin Grigorescu (1)

1 NutriPass - Nutrition et Alimentation des Populations aux Suds
2 Intactile Design
3 University of Ioannina
4 Istanbul University
5 Université de Médecine Carol Davila
6 National Institute for Diabetes, Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases Nicolae Paulescu [Bucharest]
7 UMT - University of Medicine Tirana
8 Institute for Anthropological Research [Zagreb]
9 Institut Pasteur du Maroc
10 UCBL - Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1
11 CarMeN - Cardiovasculaire, métabolisme, diabétologie et nutrition
12 UMR Qualisud - Démarche intégrée pour l'obtention d'aliments de qualité
13 Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS)
14 Institut Catalan d'Archéologie Classique
15 Institute of Biochemistry and Genetics of Ufa Scientific Centre
16 UNIBO - Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna = University of Bologna
17 Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata [Roma] = University of Rome Tor Vergata
18 UMG - Università degli Studi "Magna Graecia" di Catanzaro = University of Catanzaro
19 IRCCS - Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Ospedale Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza [San Giovanni Rotondo]
20 LR11IPT05 - Laboratoire de Génomique Biomédicale et Oncogénétique - Biomedical Genomics and Oncogenetics Laboratory
21 Université d'Alger Benyoucef Benkhedda
22 BC Platforms Ltd.
23 Intactile Design

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.

Mots clés: BCAA; 24-h dietary recall; computer technology; nutrition; Mediterranean; web-based recalls; insulin resistance; dietary assessment; metabolic syndrome

Domaines: Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]

Sara Haydar, Thomas Paillot, Christophe Fagot, Yannick Cogne, Athanasios Fountas, et al.. Branched-Chain Amino Acid Database Integrated in MEDIPAD Software as a Tool for Nutritional Investigation of Mediterranean Populations. Nutrients, 2018, 10 (10), pp.1392. ⟨10.3390/nu10101392⟩. ⟨pasteur-01989178⟩