Table 3.
TIAARA-reported intake levels compared to current sports nutrition recommendation intake ranges.
| Actual | Lower Recommended | Upper Recommended | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diet | Mean | SD | Range | Mean | SD | t | p-Value | Mean | SD | t | p-Value |
| Total Energy (kcal) | 1399.02 | 647.81 | 456.39–3149.46 | 1442.20 | 222.63 | −0.35 | 0.73 | 2019.19 | 311.68 | −4.83 | <0.01 * |
| Protein (g) | 54.30 | 26.20 | 12.99–124.28 | 80.76 | 12.47 | −5.11 | <0.01 * | 103.84 | 16.03 | −9.06 | <0.01 * |
| Carbohydrate (g) | 171.79 | 77.77 | 62.63–368.94 | 173.06 | 26.72 | −0.09 | 0.93 | 44.53 | 44.53 | −7.30 | <0.01 * |
| Total Fat (g) | 54.19 | 26.72 | 11.55–135.07 | 28.84 | 4.45 | 5.21 | <0.01 * | 57.69 | 8.91 | −0.69 | 0.49 |
SD, standard deviation; Min, minimum; Max, maximum; *, significantly different when compared to current sports nutrition recommendations, p < 0.01.