Table 2.

Characteristics of the participants (medians, 5th and 95th percentiles) and running speed of the repeated standard long run

	PCSO-524 group			Placebo group
	5th percentile	Median	95th percentile	5th percentile	Median	95th percentile
Age (years)	30.2	43.5	53.0	28.5	45.0	50.7
Height (m)	1.62	1.78	1.90	1.66	1.78	1.91
Weight (kg)	59.2	72.5	95.4	56.7	74.0	91.1
BMI (kg · m−2)	20.3	23.5	26.8	19.8	23.1	29.3
VO2max (mL · kg−1 · min−1)	29.6	43.6	52.1	34.7	43.4	55.9
Running V1 (m · seconds−1)	2.42	3.06	4.14	2.34	3.07	4.0
Running V2 (m · seconds−1)	2.5	3.17	3.81	2.52	3.03	3.85

Note: V1 and V2 are the velocities measured during the first and second 30 km runs, respectively.

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; VO_2max, maximum oxygen uptake.