Table 2. Contrast estimates (CE), 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) and p-values (P) for comparing outcome measures in the team sport and high protein (TS-HP) and team sport and low protein group (TS-LP) to a control group.

	TS-HP			TS-LP
	CE	[95% CI]	P	CE	95% CI	P
Total muscle mass (kg)	0.9	[-0.2; 2.0]	0.10	0.4	[-0.6; 1.3]	0.48
Leg muscle mass (kg)	0.6	[0.0; 1.2]	0.047*	-0.0	[-0.6; 0.5]	0.97
Arm muscle mass (kg)	0.2	[-0.2; 0.5]	0.35	-0.1	[-0.4; 0.2]	0.18
Total fat mass (kg)	-0.9	[-2.1; 0.2]	0.11	-1.2	[-2.2; -0.1]	0.03*
Abdominal fat mass (kg)	-0.3	[-0.6; 0.1]	0.13	-0.4	[-0.7; -0.1]	0.02*
MVC (N)	-10	[-51; 30]	0.60	-15	[-52; 23]	0.44
30 Sit-to-stand (repetitions)	1.2	[-0.0; 2.5]	0.05	1.6	[0.5; 2.8]	0.01*
2.45 m up-and-go (s)	-0.7	[-1.3; -0.1]	0.03*	-0.4	[-1.0; 0.1]	0.13
Arm curls (repetitions)	3.5	[1.1; 5.9]	0.01*	1.4	[-0.7; 3.5]	0.19
Heart rate at rest (bpm)	-4.2	[-9.9; 1.5]	0.14	-8.7	[-13.9; -3.5]	0.002*
Heart rate walking (bpm)	-2.3	[-8.4; 3.9]	0.46	-4.5	[-10.2; 1.5]	0.12
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	-0.4	[-9.0; 8.1]	0.92	4.3	[-3.4; 12.1]	0.27
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	1.6	[-3.3; 6.5]	0.52	-1.6	[-6.0; 2.8]	0.47
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)	-0.1	[-0.4; 0.2]	0.48	0.0	[-0.2; 0.3]	0.80
HDL cholesterol (mmol/L)	0.0	[-0.1; 0.1]	0.91	-0.1	[-0.2; 0.1]	0.35
LDL cholesterol (mmol/L)	-0.2	[-0.4; 0.1]	0.22	0.1	[-0.1; 0.4]	0.32
Triglycerides (mmol/L)	0.0	[-0.2; 0.2]	0.84	0.0	[-0.1; 0.2]	0.79
Glucose (mmol/L)	-0.0	[-0.3; 0.3]	0.96	0.1	[-0.2; 0.4]	0.53
Insulin (pmol/L)	-1	[-8; 7]	0.84	-4	[-10; 3]	0.27
HOMA-IR	0.0	[-0.3; 0.3]	0.98	-0.1	[-0.4; 0.2]	0.55
C-reactive protein (mmol/L)	-1.1	[-3.0; 0.7]	0.23	-1.8	[-3.4; -0.2]	0.03*

BP; blood pressure.

*Significant effect compared to CON, based on the ANCOVA model with adjustment for baseline outcome, age and gender.