Age-Related Responses in Circulating Markers of Redox Status in Healthy Adolescents and Adults during the Course of a Training Macrocycle

Table 2

Mean daily energy intake (mean ± SD).

	Adolescents		Adults
	Trained ()	Control ()	Trained ()	Control ()
Energy (Kcal)
Baseline	2,269.8 ± 259.7	2,065.1 ± 213.6	2,896.7 ± 351.2	2,607.4 ± 309.8
Midseason	2,312.5 ± 271.3	2,091.0 ± 238.4	2,836.7 ± 346.9	2,626.3 ± 292.7
End-season	2,334.4 ± 265.9	2107.2 ± 243.3	2,827.5 ± 319.3	2,355.4 ± 326.1
Carbohydrates (% energy)
Baseline	62.4 ± 4.6	61.6 ± 5.9	61.8 ± 6.4	58.9 ± 9.7
Midseason	61.1 ± 6.1	62.3 ± 7.5	62.5 ± 7.9	59.8 ± 10.4
End-season	61.7 ± 5.2	60.6 ± 8.3	60.9 ± 8.1	59.1 ± 8.8
Fat (% energy)
Baseline	22.4 ± 3.8	24.0 ± 4.5	23.4 ± 3.5	26.7 ± 6.2
Midseason	23.1 ± 3.2	22.9 ± 3.6	21.8 ± 3.0	25.4 ± 5.5
End-season	22.2 ± 4.3	25.2 ± 5.1	23.8 ± 4.2	26.2 ± 5.1
Protein (% energy)
Baseline	15.2 ± 1.6	14.4 ± 1.8	14.8 ± 2.8	14.4 ± 2.6
Midseason	15.8 ± 2.1	14.8 ± 1.7	15.7 ± 2.3	14.8 ± 1.7
End-season	16.1 ± 2.4	14.2 ± 1.5	15.3 ± 1.9	14.7 ± 1.4
Vitamin A (ug, RE)^*
Baseline	724.1 ± 196.7	755.2 ± 214.8	794.1 ± 246.3	785.2 ± 263.6
Midseason	752.8 ± 182.9	773.0 ± 230.4	805.2 ± 276.3	793.7 ± 253.1
End-season	744.5 ± 213.0	771.2 ± 209.1	801.1 ± 283.4	810.6 ± 25.9
Vitamin C (mg)
Baseline	92.5 ± 15.1	90.8 ± 19.6	109.7 ± 23.7	108.3 ± 21.3
Midseason	93.1 ± 18.2	88.4 ± 19.4	111.4 ± 28.1	106.8 ± 24.9
End-season	90.6 ± 17.6	91.9 ± 18.5	108.2 ± 30.6	100.5 ± 26.8
Vitamin E (mg, a-TE^†)
Baseline	6.9 ± 2.7	7.3 ± 2.2	7.1 ± 3.0	7.5 ± 2.6
Midseason	7.2 ± 3.6	7.0 ± 4.1	7.4 ± 3.8	7.7 ± 3.3
End-season	6.8 ± 3.4	7.1 ± 3.9	7.3 ± 3.5	7.6 ± 4.1
Selenium (ug)
Baseline	75.8 ± 16.2	77.9 ± 14.6	81.3 ± 20.5	83.4 ± 21.6
Midseason	79.3 ± 24.8	75.6 ± 22.5	84.2 ± 23.3	80.9 ± 20.8
End-season	76.7 ± 22.1	81.2 ± 33.7	82.7 ± 28.0	84.4 ± 26.3

RE: retinol equivalents; ^†a-TE: alpha-tocopherol equivalents.