Table 2.

Descriptive statistics of mean values and standard deviations for exercise variables at all time pints for L-carnitine and placebo conditions.

	Time 1	Time 2	Time 3	Time 4	Time 5	Time 6
RER
L-carnitine	0.83±0.05*	0.92±0.05	0.89±0.04	0.88±0.04	0.86±0.04	0.91±0.05
Placebo	0.86±0.05	0.91±0.04	0.89±0.04	0.87±0.03	0.88±0.03	0.91±0.05
Blood Lactate
L-carnitine	N/A	35±49*	55±100	59±77	67±74	162±114
Placebo	N/A	53±44	55±64	52±37	58±63	117±57
Power Output
L-carnitine	N/A	159±23	155±20	154±20	153±20	208±31
Placebo	N/A	157±22	155±21	151±20	150±19	205±28

Units: blood lactate, percent change from baseline; power output, watts. Time 1, baseline; Time 2, 10 min at 65% of VO_2peak; Time 3, 20 min at 65% of VO_2peak; Time 4, 30 min at 65% of VO_2peak; Time 5, 40 min at 65% of VO_2peak; Time 6, time to exhaustion at 85% of VO_2peak.

^*p<0.05 for differences between L-carnitine and Placebo conditions.