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. 2009 Jun 24;297(3):R578–R586. doi: 10.1152/ajpregu.00236.2009

Table 2.

Body mass and plantaris muscle parameters

Sham/Control Surgical P Value
Body mass, g 212±14.9 222±20.5 0.699
Left plantaris mass, g 0.290±0.0186 0.433±0.0348 0.003
Right plantaris mass, g 0.287±0.0191 0.452±0.0284 0.000
Average (left/right) plantaris mass, g 0.289±0.0128 0.442±0.0216 0.001
Plantaris mass body mass, g muscle/g 1.403±0.154 1.992±0.125 0.009
Total protein, μg/mg muscle 252.83±9.774 212.98±15.969 0.050
Myofibrillar protein, μg/mg muscle 46.11±3.907 43.06±1.724 0.516
DNA content, ng/mg muscle 1.725±0.1040 2.202±0.1506 0.022
RNA content, μg/mg muscle 0.491±0.0472 0.566±0.0655 0.363
Citrate synthase activity, units/protein 0.833±0.0588 0.721±0.0503 0.169

Values are means ± SE.