Table 1.

Body mass, lean mass, fat mass, total body water throughout the study period

Variable	Baseline	Supplementation (week)
		4	8
Body Mass (kg)
Placebo	81.60 ± 3.0	82.10 ± 3.04	82.30 ± 2.96
CIT-malate	79.20 ± 2.50	79.50 ± 2.52	80.10 ± 2.42
GSH + CIT	73.60 ± 1.74*	74.60 ± 1.69	74.60 ± 1.73*
Lean Mass (kg)
Placebo	59.92 ± 10.42	59.93 ± 10.33	59.81 ± 9.81
CIT-malate	59.43 ± 8.47	59.59 ± 8.46	59.84 ± 7.93
GSH + CIT	55.70 ± 7.28	56.46 ± 6.91*	56.20 ± 6.93
Fat Mass (kg)
Placebo	13.10 ± 1.17	13.70 ± 1.19	14.00 ± 1.20
CIT-malate	11.20 ± 1.04	11.50 ± 0.92	11.90 ± 0.96
GSH + CIT	9.90 ± 0.71	10.30 ± 0.71	10.60 ± 0.69*
Total Body Water (kg)
Placebo	48.20 ± 1.31	48.20 ± 1.32	48.40 ± 1.28
CIT-malate	47.90 ± 1.14	48.10 ± 1.16	48.40 ± 1.14
GSH + CIT	45.00 ± 0.89	45.50 ± 0.89	45.60 ± 0.89
Δ Lean Mass (kg)
Placebo		0.01 ± −0.09	−0.11 ± 0.61
CIT-malate		0.16 ± − 0.01	0.41 ± − 0.54
GSH + CIT		0.76 ± − 0.37	0.5 ± − 0.35
Δ Total Body Water (kg)
Placebo		0.0 ± 0.01	0.2 ± 0.03
CIT-malate		0.2 ± 0.02	0.3 ± 0.0
GSH + CIT		0.5 ± 0.0	0.6 ± 0.0
Net Δ LM-TBW (kg)
Placebo		0.01 ± − 0.10	−0.79 ± 0.58
CIT-malate		0.04 ± 0.08	0.11 ± − 0.54
GSH + CIT		0.26 ± 0.37	0.10 ± − 0.35

Mean ± SEM, *Significantly different from Placebo (p < 0.05), Δ = change from baseline, Net Δ = difference in the change in lean mass and total body water from baseline, LM lean mass, TBW total body water