Table 1. Baseline characteristics of the mice and diaphragm strips.

	Sedentary+NaCl	Sedentary+TNF-α	Exercise+NaCl	Exercise+TNF-α
body mass [g]	18.3±0.8	18.8±0.7	18.9±0.9	18.0±0.7
diaphragm strip length [cm]	0.66±0.1	0.63±0.05	0.62±0.05	0.64±0.07
diaphragm strip mass [mg]	5.2±1.4	5.0±1.0	5.0±0.08	4.5±0.08
diaphragm CSA [cm2]	0.007±0.001	0.007±0.002	0.008±0.001	0.007±0.001