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. 2015 Jun 25;12:29. doi: 10.1186/s12970-015-0091-x

Table 4.

Age, anthropometric, blood and urine characteristics of the 24-hr MTBers (n = 50)

Pre-race Post- race Change in absolute Change in percent P-value
Male 24-hr MTBers (n = 38)
Age (yrs.) 38.4 ± 9.8
Body mass (kg) 78.8 ± 7.7 77.1 ± 8.0 −1.6 ± 1.5** −2.0 ± 2.1** <0.01
Plasma sodium (mmol/L) 138.0 ± 1.6 137.0 ± 2.6 −1.0 ± 2.8* −0.7 ± 2.0* <0.05
Plasma potassium(mmol/L) 5.5 ± 1.0 5.0 ± 1.1 −0.5 ± 1.3* −7.4 ± 23.2* <0.05
Plasma creatinine (mg/dL) 0.9 ± 0.1 1.2 ± 0.2 0.3 ± 0.2** 32.7 ± 21.8** <0.01
Plasma creatine kinase (U/L) 207.5 ± 92.3 1316.3 ± 1111.9 1108.9 ± 1099.1** 590.9 ± 560.4** <0.01
Plasma creatine clearance (ml/min) 10657.2 ± 1614.2 9623.2 ± 1837.4 −1034.1 ± 1121.0* −9.8 ± 11.7* <0.05
Urine creatinine (mmol/L) 7.9 ± 3.7 18.4 ± 5.7 10.5 ± 6.5** 212.3 ± 236.4** <0.01
Female 24-hr MTBers (n = 12)
Age (yrs.) 37.7 ± 7.4
Body mass (kg) 62.1 ± 5.1 60.0 ± 5.4 −1.9 ± 3.1* −2.7 ± 5.1* <0.05
Plasma sodium (mmol/L) 137.5 ± 2.5 136.6 ± 2.0 −0.9 ± 3.0 −0.6 ± 2.2 0.31
Plasma potassium(mmol/L) 5.1 ± 0.8 4.7 ± 0.6 −0.5 ± 0.7* −8.2 ± 12.0* <0.05
Plasma creatinine (mg/dL) 0.9 ± 0.1 1.0 ± 0.1 0.1 ± 0.2 13.4 ± 20.0 0.05
Plasma creatine kinase (U/L) 148.7 ± 75.7 568.9 ± 293.4 420.2 ± 285.3** 349.9 ± 343.7** <0.01
Plasma creatine clearance (ml/min) 9365.7 ± 1579.9 8228.8 ± 2228.7 −13.0 ± 17.3 −12.5 ± 15.7 0.05
Urine creatinine (mmol/L) 5.4 ± 2.4 15.7 ± 4.9 10.3 ± 4.4** 252.4 ± 207.8** <0.01

Note: Results are presented as mean ± SD; * = P < 0.05, ** = P < 0.01