Table 3 Capillary blood analysis after acute Placebo or Chicken Broth (CB) supplementation at 5 time points

Time (T)

fasted

pre-exercise

post-exercise

5 min rec

10 min rec

fasted

pre-exercise

post-exercise

5 min rec

10 min rec

T

S

TxS

Lactate (mmol/L)

1.19 (0.47)

2.05 (0.78)*

15.74 (3.91)*

13.81 (2.21)*

11.98 (1.98)*

1.17 (0.56)

2.15 (0.63)*

16.01 (2.53)*

13.84 (3.00)*

11.85 (3.14)*

<  0.001

0.837

0.994

pH

7.41 (0.020)

7.39 (0.019)

7.18 (0.056)*

7.20 (0.056)*

7.25 (0.046)*

7.41 (0.014)

7.39 (0.022)

7.17 (0.078)*

7.20 (0.078)*

7.26 (0.070)*

<  0.001

0.800

0.299

Bicarbonate (mmol/L)

25.0 (1.3)

24.4 (1.0)

12.8 (1.6)*

13.4 (1.8)*

14.6 (1.7)*

25.0 (0.9)

24.1 (1.0)

12.7 (1.9)*

13.4 (2.3)*

15.1 (2.5)*

<  0.001

0.861

0.136

Lactate/protons

0.030 (0.012)

0.050 (0.018)*

0.24 (0.054)*

0.22 (0.022)*

0.21 (0.020)*

0.030 (0.015)

0.053 (0.016)*

0.24 (0.025)*

0.21 (0.021)*

0.21 (0.027)*

<  0.001

0.910

0.691

Glucose (mmol/L)

5.09 (0.32)

5.96 (1.00)*

6.16 (1.36)*

6.18 (1.06)*

5.75 (0.80)

5.32 (0.56)

5.64 (0.84)

6.48 (1.57)*

6.18 (1.35)

5.68 (1.26)

0.001

0.541

0.225

Potassium (mmol/L)

4.31 (0.27)

4.17 (0.33)

5.34 (1.2)*

4.00 (0.29)*

4.20 (0.43)

4.23 (0.43)

4.40 (0.40)

5.00 (0.37)*

4.10 (0.30)

4.43 (0.29)

0.004

0.972

0.007

Calcium (mmol/L)

1.14 (0.076)

1.14 (0.062)

1.17 (0.077)

1.12 (0.058)

1.11 (0.055)

1.14 (0.060)

1.12 (0.046)

1.15 (0.071)

1.09 (0.065)

1.10 (0.063)*

0.025

0.412

0.959

Chloride (mmol/L)

114.1 (3.0)

113.2 (2.9)

114.7 (2.7)

112.2 (1.5)

113.5 (2.4)

114.1 (3.1)

115.0 (2.8)

115.3 (3.6)

114.1 (3.5)

113.5 (2.9)

0.268

0.358

0.272

Sodium (mmol/L)

137.5 (2.7)

139.2 (2.1)

142.1 (4.0)*

140.5 (2.8)*

139.2 (4.7)

137.5 (2.4)

138.0 (2.0)

141.8 (2.4)*

139.8 (3.2)

138.8 (2.3)

0.014

0.520

0.412