Protein quality scores use the @entity3689 (AA) requirements of a healthy North American @entity1 . AA requirements vary with physiologic status. We estimated AA requirements for healthy North American @entity1 , @entity1 with environmental enteric dysfunction, @entity1 recovering from wasting, and @entity1 with an @entity697 . The protein quality of food @entity3224 products was then calculated to determine whether it was sufficient in all these groups, and we found that it may not be adequate for all of them. Physiologic status is important when assessing the protein quality of food @entity3224 . Rates of weight gain from 8 published trials treating @entity1 with moderate acute @entity3147 were abstracted, and protein quality scores from the corresponding food @entity3224 products were calculated with the use of the digestible indispensable @entity3689 score (DIAAS). Two DIAAS values were calculated, one in healthy @entity1 aged 1-3 y as a reference population and the other in malnourished @entity1 aged 1-3 y as a reference population. These data were used to calculate the best fit regression line between weight gain and protein quality. The slope of the regression line was greater when malnourished @entity1 were used as a reference population than when healthy @entity1 were used (0.128; 95% CI: 0.118, 0.138 compared with 0.097; 95% CI: 0.090, 0.105 measured in g    kg(-1)    d(-1)    DIASS U(-1)). These findings suggest that adjusting AA requirements for physiologic status may more accurately estimate the minimum protein quality of food @entity3224 products.

Sufficient Protein Quality of Food XXXX Varies with the Physiologic Status of Recipients.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['children', 'child'] @entity697 :: ('MESH:D000208', 'Disease') :: ['acute infection'] @entity3224 :: ('57379', 'Gene') :: ['aid'] @entity3147 :: ('MESH:D044342', 'Disease') :: ['malnutrition'] @entity3689 :: ('D000596', 'Chemical') :: ['amino acid']
@entity3224 :: (57379,Gene) :: ['Aid']
