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. 2004 Jul 28;5:28. doi: 10.1186/1471-2121-5-28

Table 1.

Body and absolute and relative muscle masses.

Wild-type (n = 6) MCK-CN* (n = 10)
Body Mass (g) 23.3 ± 0.9 20.7 ± 0.4*
Absolute Muscle Mass (mg)
Soleus 8.2 ± 0.6 10.2 ± 0.6*
MG 46.7 ± 1.8 34.5 ± 1.9*
PLT 16.8 ± 0.8 16.2 ± 0.7
TA 43.0 ± 1.2 36.0 ± 1.3*
EDL 8.3 ± 1.3 7.8 ± 0.5
Relative Muscle Mass (mg/g body mass)
Soleus 0.35 ± 0.02 0.48 ± 0.02*
MG 2.01 ± 0.04 1.66 ± 0.09*
PLT 0.72 ± 0.03 0.78 ± 0.04
TA 1.85 ± 0.04 1.74 ± 0.06
EDL 0.36 ± 0.05 0.38 ± 0.03

Abbreviations: MG, medial gastrocnemius; PLT, plantaris; TA, tibialis anterior; EDL, extensor digitorum longus. Values with asterisks are significantly different from wild-type at p ≤ 0.05.