Protein-Energy Nutritional Status of Moderately Low Protein Intake-Sago Diets Compared to Sufficiently Protein Intake-Rice Diets in Well-Nourished Lowlanders in Papua, Indonesia

Background: Protein inadequacy is prevalent in developing countries because of the high consumption starchy staple foods. Sago, as a food Papua Province, was eaten with less protein. This study aimed to analyze nutritional status protein-energy well-nourished adults moderately low protein in-take (MLP)-sago group compared sufficient intake (SP)-rice group, lowland Mimika, Papua. Methods: cross-sectional-analytic conducted on 50 participants. Twenty-four-hour recall, body composition, albumin, and complete blood count were used assess status. Results: There no differences compositions albumin levels between MLP-sago SP-rice groups. Multivariate linear regression showed that mean corpuscular volume (MCV) (β = -0.524, P 0.007) predictive factor for sago while rice hemoglobin 0.354 0.089) white cell counts 0.396, P 0.059) factors. Conclusions: The groups exhibited visceral protein; however different predictors found be- tween groups, suggesting an adaptive mechanism maintain normal levels.