Table 4.

Summary of blood collection time points and in fasted/non-fasted state in chronic trials

Study	Number of blood collections	Time point of blood collections	Food intake condition during the blood sampling
Cesari et al. (2012)	2	Pre and Post intervention	Overnight fast
Jo et al. (2019)	2	Pre and Post intervention	8 h fasting
Landers-Ramos et al. (2016)	2	Pre and Post intervention (24 h after the last training session)	12 h fasting
Niemiro et al. (2018)	2	Pre and Post intervention (3–4 days after the last training session)	8-10 h fasting
Rakobowchuk et al. (2012)	2	Pre and Post intervention (between 48 and 72 h after the last training session)	8-12 h fasting
Thijssen et al. (2006)	2	Pre and Post intervention	Light breakfast
Tsai et al. (2016)	2	Pre and Post intervention	8 h fast
Xia et al. (2012)	2	Pre and Post intervention	Not reported
Yang et al. (2013)	2	Pre and Post intervention	Not reported