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Age differences (young − older) in mean muscle attenuation by muscle at vertebral levels T8 and L3. The dashed lines show mean age difference among all muscles within each level. *Age difference for muscle is significantly different than mean age difference for all other muscles in level (p < .005 in all cases). See Figure 1 for definitions of muscle abbreviations.
