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. 2010 Sep 1;24(10):1998–2008. doi: 10.1210/me.2010-0127

Table 2.

Analysis of gastrocnemius/plantaris muscles

	Wild type (n = 3)	Fst^+/− (n = 3)	% Difference
Total fiber number	8340 ± 323	8260 ± 521	−1.0
Type I fiber number	124 ± 30	206 ± 21	+66.1
Percentage type I fibers	1.47 ± 0.3	2.50 ± 0.2^a	+69.7
Mean fiber diameters (μm)
Type I fibers	32.8 ± 1.0	28.5 ± 1.2^a	−13.0
Type IIa fibers	35.6 ± 2.4	29.9 ± 1.2^b	−16.1
Type IIb fibers	41.9 ± 0.1	37.3 ± 1.3^a	−11.0
All fiber types	41.0 ± 0.6	36.0 ± 1.5^a	−12.2

^a

P < 0.05 vs. wild type;

^b

P = 0.08 vs. wild type.