Open AccessBaseline differences may impact on relationship between dietary tryptophan and risk of obesity and type 2 diabetes
Author(s) -
Xiaohua Ren,
Ya-Wen Ye,
Lianping He
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
world journal of clinical cases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.368
H-Index - 10
ISSN - 2307-8960
DOI - 10.12998/wjcc.v10.i21.7617
Subject(s) - medicine , type 2 diabetes , confounding , obesity , tryptophan , diabetes mellitus , risk factor , environmental health , endocrinology , biochemistry , chemistry , amino acid
Recently, we read with great interest an article reporting a relationship between dietary tryptophan and the risk of obesity and type 2 diabetes (T2D). However, baseline characteristics differed among tertiles of cumulative dietary tryptophan intake in that study, which may be a confounding factor for the relationship between dietary tryptophan and the risk of obesity and T2D.