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Table 1 Physical and physiological characteristics of the subjects

From: Nutritional behavior of cyclists during a 24-hour team relay race: a field study report

Subjects

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

M ± SD

Age (years)

34.4

39.7

29.6

38.3

43.3

39.8

31.0

37.5

36.7 ± 4.7

Height (cm)

167.0

172.4

189.1

165.1

177.6

173.5

176.0

176.0

174.6 ± 7.3

Body mass (kg)

65.3

68.9

79.9

65.7

73.9

74.5

72.5

72.4

71.6 ± 4.9

BMI (kg·m2)

23.4

23.2

22.3

24.1

23.4

24.7

23.4

23.4

23.5 ± 0.5

Body fat (%)

9.5

10.8

9.7

11.1

9.2

10.4

9.8

10.6

10.1 ± 0.7

VO2peak (mL·kg-1·min-1)

70.2

71.9

62.5

53.1

69.1

56.4

74.7

69.2

66.4 ± 6.8

HRmax (bpm)

184

165

177

165

178

174

176

176

174 ± 9

VT (% HRmax)

72

74

75

83

74

77

80

85

77 ± 5

RCP (% HRmax)

91

89

90

89

91

89

90

92

90 ± 1

Wpeak (W·kg-1)

6.1

6.2

6.3

5.7

6.4

6.0

5.5

5.9

6.0 ± 0.3

  1. BMI: body mass index; VO2peak: peak of oxygen uptake; HRmax: maximum heart rate; VT: ventilatory threshold expressed as % of HRmax; RCP: respiratory compensation point expressed as % of the maximum heart rate; Wpeak: peak of power.