TomHenderson3

I would like to understand why they seemed to use internet domains as proxies for nations.

It's not just soft power. It is also economic power. Also, note that there is a baseline 10% on all countries.

Can you explain the stats to give me the proper N for when this experiment would be properly powered?

You are misinterpreting the study. They are interested in the change in lean body mass wash-in to post RT because that is the lean body mass that can be attributed to more than just the initial increase from simply taking creatine. The increase in females that you cite is including that initial increase, which is not interesting.

That is clearly something that they would be finding given the design of their experiment, no?

So you know, they are misunderstanding the paper.

"There were no group differences in lean body mass growth following resistance training in females (p = 0.10) or males (p = 0.35)"

It actually does if the other studies failed to control for the gains just during the loading period, which is what the study is claiming may be happening.

According to this paper, yes, the 1kg could very well just be water retention, or the increase in lean body mass during the loading period.

You may want to delete your comment as it is spreading misinformation about this study.

Wait, are you saying that they didn't have the creatine arm of the study work as hard as the control arm? I'm really confused by this comment.

In the introduction they talk about creatine loading. Also, their study is looking at lean body mass changes after the "wash-in" period, so any effect that increased recovery is supposed to have on lean body mass when following the exercise protocol they give for the time period they studied should be captured, no?

The paper says and shows this...

They are asking beginners in both the control and test arm, so it sounds like they have "proven" something (or at least given good evidence).