Table 1.

Baseline Participant Characteristics and Actual Dietary Intakes Over 22 Days at High Altitude (4300 m)

	Standard protein (n = 8)	Higher protein (n = 9)
Age, year	23 ± 3	24 ± 7
BMI, kg/m2	27.0 ± 4.0	25.5 ± 3.1
Body fat,%	22.8 ± 7.0	22.6 ± 5.5
TDEE, kcal/d	2744 ± 264	2635 ± 344
Energy intake, kcal/d	1950 ± 186	1885 ± 269
Protein intake, g/kg/d	1.1 ± 0.0	2.1 ± 0.0*
Protein intake,%	18 ± 2	33 ± 2*
Carbohydrate intake, %	46 ± 1	47 ± 1
Fat intake,%	39 ± 2	23 ± 3*

Values are mean ± SD. TDEE, total daily energy expenditure during weight maintenance at sea level. Adapted from Berryman et al. (2017).

^*Independent samples t-test, p < 0.05.