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. 1999 Sep 28;96(20):11492–11495. doi: 10.1073/pnas.96.20.11492

Table 1.

31P-MRS data from calf muscle of FRDA patients, controls, and disease

Case no. n of GAA repeats in the smaller allele Rest, [Pi] (mM) End-exercise, [ADP] (μM) Recovery
V (mM/min) Vmax (mM/min)
1 900 5.5 46 6 10
2 590 5.1 98 18 24
3 890 4.1 25 5 11
4 540 3.4 86 12 16
5 460 5.2 29 10 20
6 650 4.6 72 11 16
7 290 5.1 54 16 25
8 450 4.1 47 12 19
9 630 4.0 51 11 18
10 780 3.5 69 11 16
11 620 5.1 59 7 11
12 400 4.5 58 11 17
FRDA patients (n = 12) 4.5 ± 0.7 58 ± 21 11 ± 4  17 ± 5 
Controls 3.9 ± 0.7 58 ± 17 33 ± 12 51 ± 16
(n = 18) (2.4–4.9) (25–94) (19–60) (27–82)
(FRDA vs controls) P, 0.01 P, 0.3 P, 0.0001 P, 0.0001
Disease controls (DC) (n = 12) 4.7 ± 1.6 75 ± 24 33 ± 13 48 ± 18
(FRDA vs DC) P, 0.7 P, 0.07 P, 0.0001 P, 0.0001

ADP, free cytosolic; V, initial rate of PCr postexercise resynthesis; Vmax, maximum rate of mitochondrial ATP production. Data are expressed as mean ± SD (range).