Effects of beta-conglycinin intake on circulating FGF21 levels and brown adipose tissue activity in Japanese young men: a single intake study and a randomized controlled trial

Table 3 Correlations between BAT activity and other variables in young male subjects

	Dependent variable: Δ BAT activity (1-h after cold exposure)
	Total (n =14)		Beta-conglycinin (n =8)		Placebo (n = 6)
	r	P	r	P	r	P
Δ BMI (kg/m²)	0.356	0.211	0.335	0.417	0.430	0.394
Δ Body fat (%)	-0.119	0.685	-0.167	0.693	0.074	0.889
Serum metabolic parameters
Δ Glucose (mg/dL)	0.188	0.519	0.411	0.312	-0.297	0.568
Δ Triglyceride (mg/dL)	0.191	0.514	0.162	0.702	0.265	0.612
Δ AST (U/I)	0.355	0.212	0.497	0.210	-0.616	0.192
Δ ALT (U/I)	0.222	0.445	0.256	0.541	0.654	0.159
Δ FGF21 (pg/mL)	0.591	0.026	0.718	0.045	0.046	0.932
Energy and nutrients intake (/day)
Δ Energy (kcal)	-0.117	0.690	-0.343	0.405	0.232	0.658
Δ Protein (g)	-0.230	0.428	-0.468	0.242	0.185	0.726
Δ Fat (g)	-0.247	0.394	-0.783	0.022	0.344	0.504
Δ Carbohydrate (g)	-0.045	0.878	-0.130	0.758	0.217	0.679

BAT, brown adipose tissue; BMI, body mass index; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; FGF21, fibroblast growth factor 21. Data are the Pearson’s correlation coefficients. Boldface indicates significance.

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