Impact of Carbohydrate-Electrolyte Beverage Ingestion on Heart Rate Response While Climbing Mountain Fuji at ~3000 m

Table 1

Physical characteristics of subjects and physiological responses between two groups.

	TW	CE	value
	(11 men, 1 woman)	(10 men, 1 woman)
Age, years			0.810
Height, cm			0.559
Weight, kg			0.992
BMI, kg (m^2)^−1			0.616
Resting HR, beats min^−1			0.404
, beats min^−1			0.134
, ml kg min^−1			0.162
, ml kg min^−1			0.870
, %			0.767
Body weight changes, g			0.441
Total amount of fluid intake, ml			0.327
Total amount of energy intake, kJ			0.656

Values are mean ± standard deviation (SD). TW, tap water group; CE, carbohydrate-electrolyte solution group; BMI, body mass index; and , peak heart rate and peak aerobic capacity determined by the graded walking test; , peak aerobic capacity estimated from the age-predicted maximal heart rate; , arterial O₂ saturation.