Table 1.

Mean ± SD values (n = 10) for measures of capillary pH, bicarbonate (HCO₃⁻), base excess/deficit and lactate for placebo (NaCl) and treatment (NaHCO₃).

	NaCl			NaHCO3
	Rest	WAnT 1	WAnT 2	Rest	WAnT 1	WAnT 2
pH	7.43 ± 0.02	7.23 ± 0.04	7.15 ± 0.05	7.48 ± 0.03	7.30 ± 0.03	7.22 ± 0.04
HCO3− (mmol·L−1)	25.8 ± 1.1	15.1 ± 2.3#	9.5 ± 1.7#*	32.9 ± 1.8†	18.6 ± 1.3#†	12.7 ± 1.3#*†
Base Excess/Deficit (mmol·L−1)	1.4 ± 1.1	−11.5 ± 2.5#	−17.8 ± 2.1#*	8.5 ± 1.8†	−7.3 ± 1.4#†	−13.7 ± 1.8#*†
Lactate (mmol·L−1)	1.3 ± 0.3	14.6 ± 3.2#	20.6 ± 3.6#*	1.6 ± 0.6	16.6 ± 2.2#†	22.9 ± 3.1#*†

Footnotes: Measures taken at rest prior to and following first (WAnT 1) and second (WAnT 2) Wingate anaerobic tests. ^#Significant difference to corresponding Rest value; *Significant difference to corresponding WAnT 1 value; ^†Significant difference to corresponding NaCl value