Table 4. Fibre type composition and capillary density in the vastus lateralis muscle of women and men.

	Women	Men
Fibre type composition (number percentage)
″Type 1	67.9 ± 3.6**	54.6 ± 2.8
″Type 2A	23.3 ± 3.6	30.2 ± 2.0
″Type 2X	8.7 ± 3.0	15.2 ± 3.0
Fibre type composition (area percentage)
″Type 1	68.2 ± 3.0***	49.2 ± 2.9
″Type 2A	24.2 ± 3.8*	35.6 ± 2.2
″Type 2X	7.6 ± 2.6	15.3 ± 3.1
Mean area per fibre (μm2)
″Type 1	4267 ± 177	4490 ± 233
″Type 2A	4407 ± 224***	5895 ± 189
″Type 2X	4327 ± 473	5021 ± 339
Capillary density
″Capillaries per fibre	2.0 ± 0.2	2.2 ± 0.1
″Capillaries per mm2	435 ± 32*	355 ± 17

Data are mean ± s.e.m. Sex difference

^*P < 0.05

^**P < 0.01

^***P < 0.001