From: Exercise capacity of vegan, lacto-ovo-vegetarian and omnivorous recreational runners
 | OMN (n = 26) | P value OMN-LOV | LOV (n = 26) | P value LOV-VEG | VEG (n = 24) | P value OMN-VEG | P value 3 groups |
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Age, years | 27.2 ± 4.05 | – | 27.6 ± 4.31 | – | 27.5 ± 4.26 | – | 0.937a |
Sex | m = 10, w = 16 | – | m = 10, w = 16 | – | m = 9, w = 15 | – | 0.997c |
BMI, kg/m2 | 22.2 ± 1.73 | – | 21.6 ± 1.98 | – | 22.0 ± 2.23 | – | 0.559a |
Duration of diet | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.001d |
 <  0.5 years (%) | 0 |  | 0 |  | 0 |  |  |
 0.5–1 year (%) | 0 |  | 15.4 |  | 20.8 |  |  |
 1–2 years (%) | 3.8 |  | 11.5 |  | 12.5 |  |  |
 2–3 years (%) | 0 |  | 7.7 |  | 29.2 |  |  |
 >  3 years (%) | 96.2 |  | 65.4 |  | 37.5 |  |  |
Training habits | |||||||
 Training frequency per week | 3.04 ± 0.98 | – | 3.19 ± 0.90 | – | 3.00 ± 0.85 | – | 0.735a |
 Running distance per week, km | 28.03 ± 14.66 | – | 34.41 ± 14.53 | – | 25.53 ± 12.30 | – | 0.054a |
 Running time per week, h | 2.72 ± 1.11 | – | 3.38 ± 1.43 | – | 2.65 ± 1.38 | – | 0.079a |
 Heart rate during training, bpm | 159.91 ± 8.89 | – | 151.99 ± 12.29 | – | 156.46 ± 12.52 | – | 0.173b |
Body composition | |||||||
 TBW, L | 39.3 ± 6.74 | – | 38.5 ± 6.40 | – | 38.9 ± 8.20 | – | 0.864a |
 LBM, kg | 53.7 ± 9.21 | – | 52.6 ± 8.75 | – | 53.2 ± 11.2 | – | 0.866a |
 Body fat, % | 21.5 ± 5.91 | – | 21.8 ± 6.19 | – | 20.7 ± 5.79 | – | 0.797b |
 BCM, % | 54.5 ± 3.33 | 0.043c | 52.3 ± 3.25 | n.s. | 52.5 ± 2.76 | n.s. | 0.029b |