Table 2.
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.