Status:
COMPLETED
Dietary Protein Requirement of Elderly Men and Women
Lead Sponsor:
Purdue University
Conditions:
Age
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-85 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of age on the estimated average requirement and adequate allowance for dietary protein.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Age: 21-46 years, 63-81 years old
- Not diagnosed with diabetes or metabolic syndrome
- Clinically normal blood laboratory values
Exclusion
- 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
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
May 1 2002
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
January 1 2006
Estimated Enrollment :
48 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00812500
Start Date
May 1 2002
End Date
January 1 2006
Last Update
September 24 2013
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Purdue University
West Lafayette, Indiana, United States, 47907