A buffered form of creatine does not promote greater changes in muscle creatine content, body composition, or training adaptations than creatine monohydrate

Table 5 Dietary Caloric and Macronutrient Intake

Variable	Group	Day				p-level
		0	7	28
Calories (kcal/day)	KA-L	2,167 ± 900	2,202 ± 653	1,998 ± 444	Group	0.29
	KA-H	2,506 ± 645	2,604 ± 670	2,321 ± 677	Time	0.08
	CrM	2,511 ± 582	2,372 ± 735	2,312 ± 394	G x T	0.81
Protein (g/d)	KA-L	126.3 ± 76	126.2 ± 58	112.4 ± 46	Group	0.65
	KA-H	139.4 ± 46	143.2 ± 54	132.5 ± 60	Time	0.05
	CrM	127.8 ± 28	131.2 ± 40	114.1 ± 35	G x T	0.97
Carbohydrate (g/d)	KA-L	219.1 ± 73	203.9 ± 79	181.7 ± 53	Group	0.53
	KA-H	221.9 ± 74	216.0 ± 91	206.1 ± 86	Time	0.40
	CrM	231.0 ± 72	226.1 ± 93	242.6 ± 66	G x T	0.38
Fat (g/d)	KA-L	78.6 ± 38	84.7 ± 27	71.6 ± 16	Group	0.20
	KA-H	99.2 ± 40	105.7 ± 47	94.5 ± 35	Time	0.19
	CrM	91.3 ± 32	81.3 ± 30	83.0 ± 20	G x T	0.47
Calories	KA-L	26.2 ± 10.0	26.6 ± 7.9	24.4 ± 7.2	Group	0.29
(kcal/kg/d)	KA-H	31.4 ± 9.5	32.1 ± 10.5	28.3 ± 9.4	Time	0.06
	CrM	31.2 ± 7.5	29.0 ± 8.8	28.4 ± 5.8	G x T	0.73
Protein	KA-L	1.50 ± 0.8	1.52 ± 0.7	1.36 ± 0.6	Group	0.58
(g/kg/d)	KA-H	1.75 ± 0.7	1.76 ± 0.8	1.61 ± 0.8	Time	0.04
	CrM	1.59 ± 0.4	1.61 ± 46	1.41 ± 0.4	G x T	0.99
Carbohydrate	KA-L	2.69 ± 1.0	2.48 ± 0.9	2.21 ± 0.7	Group	0.50
(g/kg/d)	KA-H	2.75 ± 0.9	2.65 ± 1.2	2.46 ± 1.0	Time	0.24
	CrM	2.87 ± 0.9	2.76 ± 1.1	2.99 ± 0.9	G x T	0.34
Fat	KA-L	0.96 ± 0.4	1.02 ± 0.3	0.87 ± 0.2	Group	0.23
(g/kg/d)	KA-H	1.24 ± 0.6	1.31 ± 0.7	1.16 ± 0.5	Time	0.14
	CrM	1.14 ± 0.4	1.0 ± 0.4	1.01 ± 0.3	G x T	0.44

Nutritional records were analyzed on all participants (n = 36 or 12 per group). Values are means ± standard deviations. Absolute and relative nutritional data were analyzed by MANOVA. Greenhouse-Geisser time and group x time (G x T) interaction p-levels are reported with univariate group p-levels.

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