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Table 1 Skeletal muscle mass weight and muscle to body weight

From: Tail suspension is useful as a sarcopenia model in rats

 

control

TS

SHR

body weight (g)

658 ± 30

575 ± 22 *

431 ± 10 *

EDL muscle (g)

0.33 ± 0.01

0.28 ± 0.01 *

0.19 ± 0.01 *

EDL/BW (g/kg)

0.51 ± 0.03

0.49 ± 0.03

0.44 ± 0.02

SOL muscle (g)

0.98 ± 0.11

0.72 ± 0.03 *

0.61 ± 0.06 *

SOL/BW (g/kg)

1.53 ± 0.19

1.28 ± 0.08

1.41 ± 0.15

  1. EDL muscle Extensor digitorum longus muscle, SOL muscle Soleus muscle; SHR Spontaneously hypertensive rat, TS Tail suspension, BW Body weight. *P < 0.05 vs. control group, values = mean ± SEM (n = 7 per group)
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