Native whey protein with high levels of leucine results in similar post-exercise muscular anabolic responses as regular whey protein: a randomized controlled trial

Table 1 Participant characteristics

Characteristics	Milk	Whey	P values for group differences
N (♂/♀)	(8/4)	(5/5)
Age (years)	25 ± 5	25 ± 2	0.575
Body mass (kg)	72.8 ± 12.4	70.0 ± 11.6	0.595
Lean body mass (kg)	57.1 ± 13.5	52.9 ± 9.6	0.426
Body fat (%)	19.1 ± 7.2	21.5 ± 6.4	0.407
Leg press 8 RM (kg)	210 ± 48	200 ± 53	0.662
Knee extensions 8 RM (kg)	87.1 ± 26.2	77.5 ± 17.3	0.335
Total weight lifted (kg)	9287 ± 2286	8766 ± 2170 / 8766 ± 2186	0.592

Characteristics of participants in the milk group, being exposed to the study once, and the whey group being exposed to the study two times, one with WPC-80 and one with native whey. Data shown as mean ± SD