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Table 2 During running and post-stage recovery energy, macronutrient, and water (through foods and fluids) intake of ultramarathon runners presenting (GIS) and not presenting (no-GIS) gastrointestinal symptoms during a multi-stage ultramarathon (MSUM)

From: The Impact of Gastrointestinal Symptoms and Dermatological Injuries on Nutritional Intake and Hydration Status During Ultramarathon Events

	During			Post-stage recovery
	GIS	no-GIS	p value	GIS	no-GIS	p value
Energy (MJ)
Total	3.1 ± 2.0	4.0 ± 1.5	<0.05	2.4 ± 1.1	3.4 ± 1.4	<0.01
Adjusted^a	0.046 ± 0.003	0.052 ± 0.002	0.36	0.036 ± 0.002	0.043 ± 0.002	0.07
Protein (g)
Total	13 ± 28	13 ± 9	0.91	14 ± 14	23 ± 13	<0.01
Adjusted^a	0.2 ± 0.4	0.2 ± 0.1	0.89	0.2 ± 0.2	0.3 ± 0.2	<0.05
Carbohydrate (g)
Total	137 ± 75	175 ± 69	<0.05	108 ± 50	141 ± 87	0.07
Adjusted^a	2.0 ± 0.9	2.3 ± 1.0	0.14	1.6 ± 0.8	1.6 ± 0.7	0.77
Poly (%)^b	19 ± 16	26 ± 15	0.10	18 ± 21	10 ± 16	0.49
Oligo/di/mono (%)^b	81 ± 16	74 ± 15	0.06	82 ± 21	90 ± 16	0.07
Fibre	3 ± 5	6 ± 4	<0.01	3 ± 3	3 ± 3	0.96
Fat (g)
Total	15 ± 16	21 ± 15	0.06	10 ± 11	18 ± 13	<0.01
Adjusted^a	0.2 ± 0.2	0.3 ± 0.2	0.34	0.2 ± 0.2	0.2 ± 0.2	<0.05
Water
Total (L)	4.4 ± 1.5	3.9 ± 1.7	0.13	1.1 ± 0.6	1.5 ± 0.9	0.17
Adjusted (ml)^a	65 ± 23	51 ± 22	<0.01	18 ± 10	20 ± 14	0.52

Mean ± SD (n = 54). The overall mean inter-observer coefficient of variation for energy, macronutrient, and water variables analysed were 1.3, 2.3, and 0.7 %, respectively
^aAdjusted for body mass
^bSaccharides

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