Table 3.

Effects of sex, age, race distance, running experience and racing experience on supplement intake

		CHO/Protein			Minerals			Vitamins
		Fit	CI	p	Fit	CI	p	Fit	CI	p
Sex	Female	0.15	[0.08, 0.28]	0.468	0.39	[0.26, 0.53]	0.280	0.40	[0.27, 0.55]	0.719
	Male	0.21	[0.12, 0.33]		0.28	[0.18, 0.42]		0.44	[0.31, 0.57]
Age (y)	20	0.29	[0.08, 0.65]	0.424	0.16	[0.04, 0.43]	0.140	0.30	[0.10, 0.62]	0.402
	30	0.23	[0.11, 0.43]		0.22	[0.11, 0.41]		0.35	[0.19, 0.55]
	40	0.19	[0.12, 0.28]		0.31	[0.22, 0.41]		0.41	[0.31, 0.51]
	50	0.15	[0.08, 0.27]		0.41	[0.28, 0.55]		0.47	[0.33, 0.61]
	70	0.09	[0.01, 0.43]		0.62	[0.24, 0.89]		0.59	[0.22, 0.88]
Race Distance	10 km	0.17	[0.06, 0.38]	0.742	0.33	[0.16, 0.56]	0.954	0.55	[0.34, 0.75]	0.380
	HM	0.22	[0.12, 0.37]		0.31	[0.19, 0.47]		0.42	[0.28, 0.58]
	M/UM	0.16	[0.05, 0.45]		0.34	[0.22, 0.49]		0.36	[0.23, 0.51]
Running Experience	Low	0.17	[0.12, 0.29]	0.901	0.49	[0.23, 0.76]	0.451	0.48	[0.22, 0.75]	0.776
	Medium	0.19	[0.12, 0.30]		0.32	[0.22, 0.44]		0.43	[0.32, 0.55]
	High	0.15	[0.03, 0.49]		0.21	[0.07, 0.49]		0.32	[0.12, 0.63]
Racing Experience	Low	0.15	[0.08, 0.27]	0.686	0.27	[0.17, 0.40]	0.195	0.36	[0.24, 0.49]	0.230
	Medium	0.21	[0.10, 0.40]		0.36	[0.21, 0.54]		0.46	[0.29, 0.65]
	High	0.25	[0.08, 0.54]		0.55	[0.28, 0.79]		0.63	[0.35, 0.84]

CHO carbohydrates. 10 km 10-kilometers; HM half-marathon; M/UM marathon/ultra-marathon; CI mean effect size with 95%-CI, upper and lower boundaries; p p-value