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Table 1 Daily urinary creatine (Cr) excretion and retention

From: Effects of short-term ingestion of Russian Tarragon prior to creatine monohydrate supplementation on whole body and muscle creatine retention and anaerobic sprint capacity: a preliminary investigation

  

Day

  

Variable

Group

0

1

2

3

4

5

 

p-level

Urinary Cr Excreted

(g∙day-1)

P + CrM

0.3 ± 0.4

1.9 ± 1.60

3.5 ± 2.300

4.7 ± 3.3000

3.2 ± 2.800

5.0 ± 3.4000

Time

0.001

RT + CrM

0.5 ± 0.6

1.7 ± 1.10

3.4 ± 2.700

4.2 ± 3.3000

4.6 ± 2.200

5.4 ± 3.2000

Group

0.801

Combined

0.4 ± 0.5

1.8 ± 1.4*

3.5 ± 2.4*†

4.4 ± 3.2*†‡

3.9 ± 2.6*†

5.2 ± 3.2*†‡

GxT

0.59

Whole body Cr Retention

(g∙day-1)

P + CrM

0.0 ± 0.0

8.1 ± 1.60

6.5 ± 2.300

5.3 ± 3.3000

6.8 ± 2.800

5.0 ± 3.4000

Time

0.001

RT + CrM

0.0 ± 0.0

8.3 ± 1.10

6.6 ± 2.700

5.8 ± 3.3000

5.4 ± 2.200

4.6 ± 3.2000

Group

0.82

Combined

0.0 ± 0.0

8.2 ± 1.4*

6.5 ± 2.4*†

5.6 ± 3.2*†‡

6.1 ± 2.6*†

4.8 ± 3.2*†‡

GxT

0.59

  1. (n = 10).
  2. Values are means ± standard deviations. (n = 10) Greenhouse-Geisser time and group x time (G x T) interaction p-levels are reported with univariate group p-levels. *Significantly different than Day 0. †Significantly different than Day 1. ‡Significantly different than Day 2.