Table 1.

Protein and RNA content in whole heart from 24‐week‐old rats

Group	Exercise treatment	Heart protein (% wet wt)	Heart RNA (μg g−1 wet wt)
Control	Sedentary	16.7 ± 0.5	270 ± 25
	Early exercise	17.0 ± 0.7	281 ± 16
	Later exercise	18.5 ± 0.6	245 ± 15
Restricted	Sedentary	16.1 ± 0.5a	252 ± 19
	Early exercise	15.9 ± 0.5a	259 ± 31
	Later exercise	15.7 ± 0.5a	291 ± 30
Reduced litter	Sedentary	16.4 ± 1.0a	241 ± 28
	Early exercise	15.3 ± 0.6a	284 ± 36
	Later exercise	15.0 ± 0.9a	228 ± 21

Data presented as mean ± SE (n = 7–10 per group).

^a P < 0.05 versus Control (Bonferroni comparisons of main effects).