Table 1.

Baseline characteristics for intervention groups.

	PL	dGTE	dGTE+
Variable	(n = 9; 4 male, 5 female)	(n = 9; 2 male, 7 female)	(n = 9; 1 male, 8 female)
Age (years)	35 ± 7 *	46 ± 5	47 ± 5
Height (m)	1.71 ± 0.04	1.66 ± 0.06	1.67 ± 0.07
Body mass (kg)	82.7 ± 13.0	74.3 ± 7.4	75.6 ± 9.4
BMI (kg·m2)	28.2 ± 4.1	26.8 ± 2.4	27.1 ± 2.3
Body fat (%)	32.0 ± 7.9	33.2 ± 6.6	36.3 ± 6.2
$\stackrel{.}{\mathrm{V}}$O2peak (L·min−1)	2.5 ± 0.7	2.4 ± 0.6	2.1 ± 0.5
$\stackrel{.}{\mathrm{V}}$O2peak (mL·kg−1·min−1)	30.3 ± 6.3	32.4 ± 5.2	27.8 ± 5.6

Data presented as the mean ± SD. PL = placebo; dGTE = decaffeinated green tea extract; dGTE+ = decaffeinated green tea extract with antioxidants; BMI = body mass index. No significant differences reported between groups, except age. * denotes significant difference (p ≤ 0.002) to dGTE and dGTE+.