Table 1.

Mitochondrial volumes (%) in the pericapillary, sarcolemmal and sarcoplasmatic regions of soleus (SOL) and extensor digitorum longus (EDL) rat muscles. Results are expressed as mean ± SE. Significant differences between anaemic and control condition are indicated when observed

	SOL		EDL
	Control	Hypoxaemic	Control	Hypoxaemic
Pericapillary	12.34 ± 1.26	9.98 ± 1.31***	16.98 ± 3.25	9.17 ± 1.64***
Sarcolemmal	9.68 ± 1.15	7.59 ± 1.39***	10.20 ± 2.06	6.60 ± 1.14***
Sarcoplasmatic	7.77 ± 0.85	6.00 ± 1.22***	5.47 ± 1.01	3.42 ± 1.06***

^***P < 0.001