Carbohydrate Mouth Rinse Effects on Exercise Capacity in Pre- and Postprandial States

Table 1

Average values for time-to-exhaustion, heart rate, and RPE in the four conditions.

	Time-to-exhaustion	Mean HR	Max HR	Mean RPE	Max RPE
	min	min^−1	min^−1	a.u.	a.u.
CHO	56.6±12.2	152±7	164±9	5.0±0.7	8.6±0.5
PLA	54.7±11.3	159±8	172±9	5.5±0.7	8.9±0.4
FCHO	53.9±12.8	155±10	166±12	5.2±0.9	8.4±1.0
FPLA	48.3±15.3	152±9	165±9	5.4±0.8	8.9±0.2
ANOVA main effect of mouth rinse	F(1,12)=7.212; 𝑃=0.020	F(1,12)=2.049; 𝑃=0.178	F(1,12)=2.962; 𝑃=0.111	F(1,12)=5.864; 𝑃=0.032	F(1,12)=5.660; 𝑃=0.035
ANOVA main effect of prandial state	F(1,12)=1.676; 𝑃=0.220	F(1,12)=0.983; 𝑃=0.341	F(1,12)=0.547; 𝑃=0.474	F(1,12)=0.237; 𝑃=0.635	F(1,12)=1.000; 𝑃=0.337
Interaction	F(1,12)=3.786; 𝑃=0.075	F(1,12)=42.646; 𝑃<0.0001	F(1,12)=27.351; 𝑃<0.0001	F(1,12)=1.500; 𝑃=0.244	F(1,12)=1.371; 𝑃=0.264

a.u.: arbitrary units.
FCHO: carbohydrate rinse in fasted state; FPLA: placebo in fasted state; CHO: carbohydrate rinse in fed state; PLA: placebo in fed state; HR: heart rate; RPE: rate of perceived exertion.
Data are reported as means ± standard deviation.