Table 5.

Summary of results from all meta-analyses

Time-point	N (sample size)			Effect (Hedges’ g)			p value
	8-OHdG	Comet	Overall	8-OHdG	Comet	Overall	8-OHdG	Comet	Overall
0 (0 h)	109	203	312	0.150	1.140	0.875	0.684	0.000*	0.000*
1 (15 min–1 h)	59	104	163	− 0.523	0.448	0.166	0.226	0.105	0.476
2 (2 h)	–	25	–	–	0.556	–	–	0.047*	–
3 (3 h)	5	19	24	1.154	0.968	1.008	0.066	0.003*	0.001*
4 (4–6 h)	–	28	–	–	1.480	–	–	0.010*	–
5 (1 day)	73	148	221	0.141	2.468	1.113	0.720	0.000*	0.000*
6 (2 days)	15	28	43	− 1.208	0.338	0.231	0.509	0.497	0.630
7 (3 days)	–	85	–	–	0.627	–	–	0.022*	–
8 (4 days)	–	19	–	–	0.691	–	–	0.380	–
9 (5 days)	–	44	–	–	0.315	–	–	0.548	–
10 (6–7 days)	–	33	–	–	0.359	–	–	0.491	–
11 (14–28 days)	–	51	–	–	0.105	–	–	0.801	–
High intensitya	33	69	102	0.718	1.571	1.179	0.044*	0.000*	0.000*
Long distanceb	–	89	–	–	0.437	–	–	0.151	–

^a≥ 75% VO_2-max at time-point 0 (0 h) and 5 (1 day)

^b≥ 42 km at time-point 0 (0 h) and 1 (15 min–1 h)

– not applicable

*significance at p < 0.05