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. 2013 Oct 7;13:104. doi: 10.1186/1471-2318-13-104

Table 1.

Body weight and quadriceps muscle weights

  Age (months)
 
6 (n =16)
12 (n =18)
18 (n =12)
24 (n =12)
Body weight (g)
30 ± 1.8
27 ± 2.2
28 ± 1.3
28 ± 1.3
Quadriceps weight (g)
0.15 ± 0.02
0.18 ± 0.01acd
0.15 ± 0.02
0.16 ± 0.01
Body weight/quadriceps weight ratio 5.08 ± 0.59 6.15 ± 1.72acd 5.45 ± 0.38 5.55 ± 0.52

The values represent the mean ± SEM.

Statistically significant differences (P < 0.05) between groups are indicated by lower case letters, where a6 m/o, c18 m/o and d24 m/o.