Table 2.

Habitual dietary intake of participants in the protein and placebo group (disregarding supplements), based on ITT.

	Day of the Race			1 Day Post-Race				2 Days Post-Race
	Protein n = 134	Placebo n = 127	p-Value	Protein n = 119	Placebo n = 115	p-Value	Protein n = 119	Placebo n = 112	p-Value
Energy intake, kcal	2293 ± 790	2277 ± 697	0.86	1916 ± 596	1942 ± 717	0.76	1807 ± 580	1910 ± 624	0.20
Protein intake, g	76.5 ± 30.8	79.4 ± 36.1	0.49	75.4 ± 26.0	75.4 ± 29.0	0.99	73.6 ± 27.6	77.5 ± 26.7	0.27
Protein intake, g/kg/d	1.05 ± 0.38 a	1.10 ± 0.40 b	0.43	1.07 ± 0.38 c	1.09 ± 0.39 d	0.78	1.05 ± 0.36 e	1.12 ± 0.34 f	0.17
Animal protein, %	49.4 ± 18.0	50.0 ± 17.3	0.77	49.7 ± 17.8	51.4 ± 18.1	0.47	51.0 ± 18.2	53.3 ± 15.3	0.30
Plant protein, %	50.6 ± 18.1	49.9 ± 17.3	0.77	50.3 ± 17.8	48.4 ± 17.6	0.41	49.0 ± 18.2	46.7 ± 15.4	0.31
Protein, en%	13.9 ± 4.4	14.2 ± 4.2	0.62	16.3 ± 4.0	16.4 ± 5.1	0.77	16.8 ± 4.1	17.0 ± 4.1	0.73
Fat intake, en%	30.5 ± 9.2	31.3 ± 8.7	0.49	33.3 ± 9.4	34.9 ± 10.5	0.22	32.5 ± 9.3	34.6 ± 8.5	0.07
Carbohydrate intake, en%	48.7 ± 10.5	48.1 ± 10.0	0.65	46.1 ± 9.7	45.1 ± 9.4	0.44	46.2 ± 10.1	44.6 ± 8.7	0.22
Alcohol intake, g	7.9 (0.0–25.9)	0.0 (0.0–18.9)	0.25 ‡	0.0 (0.0–0.0)	0.0 (0.0–0.3)	0.48 ‡	0.0 (0.0–0.0)	0.0 (0.0–0.0)	0.58 ‡

Data are presented as mean ± SD or median (interquartile range (IQR)). en%, energy percentage; ITT, Intention-to-treat analysis. ^a n = 97, ^b n = 106, ^c n = 89, ^d n = 99, ^e n = 95, ^f n = 95. p-values for differences between groups were derived by independent samples t-test unless indicated otherwise. ‡ Derived by Mann-Whitney U-test.