Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of the patients

	Water (n=30)	Clear apple juice (n=30)	Apple-flavoured electrolyte solution (n=30)
Age (years)	43.6±11.9	43.1±14.9	42.5±15.0
Height (cm)	161.8±9.0	161.2±9.0	158.7±9.7
Weight (kg)	59.2±11.4	58.6±13.3	62.4±16.5
BMI (kg/m2)	22.6±4.3	22.5±4.5	24.7±5.5
Gender (Male/Female)*	20/10	21/9	10/20

cm=Centimetre, kg=Kilogram, BMI=Body mass index, m=metre, Data represent mean with standard deviations for continuous data and actual numbers for categorical data*