Table 1.

Body weight, absolute and normalized weights of the quadriceps femoris, biceps femoris, gastrocnemius, tibialis anteriorandextensor digitorum longus muscles of 12 week-old, male BALB/c and Compact, mice (n= 4-8). Total protein amount and glycogen content of the TA muscle determined by spectrophotometry in BALB/c and Compactmice (n=4-6).

Item	BALB/c	Compact	P value
Bw (g)	25.0±0.58	47.3±0.76	<0.001
Muscle weights
QF (mg)	206±6.33	470±12.19	<0.001
BF (mg)	167±7.23	420±13.83	<0.001
Gastro (mg)	140±3.82	352±7.42	<0.001
TA (mg)	45.3±0.73	114±1.48	<0.001
EDL (mg)	10.0±0.65	23.5±0.35	<0.001
Muscle weights/bw
QF/bw (mg/g)	8.0±0.12	10.0±0.20	<0.001
BF/bw (mg/g)	6.5±0.12	8.5±0.37
Gastro/bw (mg/g)	5.5±0.11	7.4±0.12	<0.001
TA/bw (mg/g)	1.77±0.03	2.40±0.04	<0.001
EDL/bw (mg/g)	0.39±0.02	0.51±0.01	<0.01
Total protein amount in TA (mg)	9.2±0.42	18.9±0.38	<0.001
Total glycogen content in TA (mg)	0.23±0.04	0.44±0.02	<0.01

Bw, body weight; QF, M. quadriceps femoris; BF, M. biceps femoris; Gastro, M. gastrocnemius; TA, M. tibialis anterior; EDL, M. extensor digitorum longus. Values are mean ± SEM.