Table 2.
Plasma β-hydroxybutyrate (β-Hba) and sum of the long-chain hydroxyacylcarnitine of subjects following exercise
| Sub | Age (yr) | Gender | No MCT | With MCT | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| β-Hba (µmol/L) | Hydroxyacylcarnitines (µmol/L) | β-Hba (µmol/L) | Hydroxyacylcarnitines (µmol/L) | |||||||||
| Pre | Recovery | Pre | Post | Recovery | Pre | Recovery | Pre | Post | Recovery | |||
| 1 | 7.5 | F | 5.01 | 4.99 | 5.09 | 4.43 | 3.95 | 4.14 | ||||
| 2 | 8.4 | F | 1.36 | 1.55 | 2.27 | 2.08 | 2.80 | |||||
| 3 | 8.7 | F | 37.5 | 29.2 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.22 | 104 | 127 | 0.23 | 0.25 | 0.25 |
| 4 | 10.3 | M | 1.95 | 2.15 | 2.15 | 1.44 | 1.71 | 1.78 | ||||
| 5 | 12.6 | M | 2.91 | 3.89 | 4.54 | 2.24 | 2.18 | 1.98 | ||||
| 6 | 12.7 | F | 360 | 300 | 3.01 | 3.46 | 3.20 | 150 | 600 | 1.89 | 2.00 | 1.88 |
| 7 | 13.6 | M | 119 | 192 | 2.22 | 2.19 | 2.66 | 150 | 602 | 2.73 | 2.75 | 3.23 |
| 8 | 14.1 | F | 73.5 | 25.6 | 2.26 | 2.18 | 2.90 | 95.2 | 268 | 0.85 | 0.85 | 0.93 |
| 9 | 14.4 | F | 37 | 71 | 0.27 | 0.35 | 0.38 | 130 | 650 | 0.23 | 0.33 | 0.35 |
| Mean | 125.4 | 123.56 | 2.13 | 2.33 | 2.60 | 125.84 | 449.4 | 1.79 | 1.87 | 1.82 | ||
Data is given for exercise tests performed following 4oz of orange juice (No MCT) and following 4 oz orange juice and 0.5 gm/kg lean mass MCT (with MCT).