Table 4 The influence of contextual factors on the mean difference in rate of muscle glycogen re-synthesis (analysed via restricted maximum likelihood, simple meta-regression) for CHO+PRO vs. CHO treatments
Effect estimate | Mean difference (re-synthesis rate mmol·kg dm−1 h−1) | |
|---|---|---|
Covariate | Coefficient (95% CI) | p value |
Relative difference in muscle glycogen immediately post-exercise | −0.10 (−0.25 to −0.06) | 0.216 |
Magnitude of energy (kJ) difference between treatments | 0.01 (−0.00 to 0.01) | 0.084 |
Whole PRO vs. single/mixed AA | 3.46 (−2.84 to 9.77) | 0.282 |
Recovery duration (h) | 0.28 (−4.39 to 4.95) | 0.906 |
Mode of exercise (running vs. cycling) | 1.33 (−8.12 to 10.8) | 0.783 |
CHO provided is sub-optimal (yes vs. no) | 0.73 (−5.79 to 7.26) | 0.826 |
Study quality (Rosendal score %) | −0.19 (−0.49 to 0.11) | 0.211 |