Whole-body net protein balance plateaus in response to increasing protein intakes during post-exercise recovery in adults and adolescents

Table 1 Participant characteristics

	M (n = 7)^a	F (n = 6)^a	AM (n = 7)	AF (n = 7)
Age (y)	23 ± 1^a	21 ± 1^a	14 ± 1^b	12 ± 1^b
Weight (kg)	82 ± 6^a	69 ± 4^b	57 ± 6^c	52 ± 10^c
FFM (kg)	71 ± 6^a	54 ± 3^b	49 ± 7^b,c	42 ± 9^c
VO_2max (ml O₂·kg^− 1·min^− 1)	52 ± 6^*	47 ± 1	54 ± 2^*	48 ± 2
Daily EE (kcal·kg^− 1·d^− 1)	52 ± 4^a	39 ± 2^b	50 ± 7^a	40 ± 6^b

Participant data are mean ± SD and were analyzed using a two-way (age × sex) ANOVA
Different superscript letters denote significant between-group differences (all, P < 0.05); * denotes main effect of sex (P < 0.01)
^aPreviously published subject data [26, 27]
AF adolescent females, AM adolescent males, EE energy expenditure, F adult females, FFM fat-free mass, M adult males, VO_2max maximal oxygen uptake

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