A systematic review and meta-analysis of carbohydrate benefits associated with randomized controlled competition-based performance trials

Table 2 Characteristics of participants in studies eligible for systematic review

Reference	Number of subjects	Gender	Age	VO2max (mL/kg body mass/min)
Acker-Hewitt et al., 2012 [38]	10	Males	28	66
Angus et al., 2000 [44]	8	Males	22	65
Beelen et al., 2009 [27]^a	14	Males	24	68
Burke et al., 2000 [25]^a	7	Males	28	64
Burke et al., 2002 [26]^a	8	Males	28	69
Baur et al., 2014 [39]	8	Males	25	62
Campbell et al., 2008 [34]	16	8 males/8 females	35/32	59/50
Clarke et al., 2011 [30]^a	12	Males	25	61
Cox et al., 2008 [35]	16	Males	31	65
Cox et al., 2010 [36]	16	Males	31	65
Desbrow et al., 2004 [45]	9	Males	30	65
El-Sayed et al., 1995 [33]^a	9	Males	24	61
El-Sayed et al., 1997 [47]	8	Males	25	67
Flynn et al., 1989 [32]^a	7	Males	29	62
Ganio et al., 2010 [31]	14	Males	27	60
Hulston et al., 2009 [37]	10	Males	28	62
Hunter et al., 2002 [46]	8	Males	24	65
Jeukendrup et al., 2008 [22]	12	Males	19	66
Langenfeld et al., 1994 [40]	14	Males	21	56
McGawley et al., 2012 [29]^a	10	6 males/4 females	26/24	63/62
Mitchell et al., 1989 [13]	10	Males	24	63
Nassif et al., 2014 [41]	10	Males	26	71
Rollo et al., 2010 [28]^a	10	Males	34	62
van Essen et al., 2006 [42]	10	Males	24	63

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