Table 1.

Subject characteristics at the start of the study

	Placebo	Donation	p value
Age (years)	27.2 ± 4.35	25.6 ± 0.76	0.62
Weight (kg)	75.1 ± 4.51	73.8 ± 1.96	0.75
Height (cm)	179.5 ± 1.67	180.2 ± 1.82	0.81
BMI (kg/m2)	23.2 ± 1.06	22.7 ± 0.49	0.64
Sport/week (h)	5.1 ± 0.74	3.9 ± 0.55	0.22
VO2peak (ml/kg/min)	56.9 ± 4.63	56.7 ± 1.45	0.97

Values are means ± SEM. n = 8 in placebo and n = 16 in donation