Table 2.

Results from two‐way nested analysis of variance of nutrient canal dimensions and counts, along with least square means (± standard errors) from sas procedure mixed

Variable	n	Selection effects			Sex effects			Sex × Linetype			Mini‐muscle effects
		df	F	P	df	F	P	df	F	P	df	F	P
Proximal area (mm2)	133	1, 6	6.51	0.0434	1, 6	1.86	0.2215	1, 6	0.16	0.7065	1, 116	0	0.9857
Distal area (mm2)	134	1, 6	2.69	0.1522	1, 6	6.05	0.0491	1, 6	0.42	0.5396	1, 117	3.97	0.0488
Total area (mm2)	134	1, 6	7.94	0.0304	1, 6	5.88	0.0515	1, 6	0.01	0.9233	1, 117	1.55	0.2158
Proximal number	137	1, 6	1.32	0.2941	1, 6	0.72	0.4278	1, 6	0.83	0.3969	1, 120	0.38	0.5407
Distal number	137	1, 6	0.53	0.4924	1, 6	0.01	0.9068	1, 6	1.28	0.3003	1, 120	3.22	0.0752
Total number	137	1, 6	1.58	0.2560	1, 6	0.38	0.5622	1, 6	1.96	0.2115	1, 120	2.69	0.1033

Variable	n	Control		High runner		Normal	Mini‐muscle
		Male	Female	Male	Female
Proximal area (mm2)	133	0.0899 ± 0.0071	0.0852 ± 0.0071	0.1046 ± 0.0059	0.0961 ± 0.0065	0.0940 ± 0.0024	0.0939 ± 0.0101
Distal area (mm2)	134	0.1242 ± 0.0064	0.1108 ± 0.0065	0.1290 ± 0.0054	0.1212 ± 0.0059	0.1119 ± 0.0023	0.1307 ± 0.0091
Total area (mm2)	134	0.1537 ± 0.0073	0.141 ± 0.0075	0.1678 ± 0.0062	0.1561 ± 0.0068	0.1479 ± 0.0025	0.1615 ± 0.0106
Proximal number	137	2.069 ± 0.1585	2.062 ± 0.1606	1.842 ± 0.1347	2.033 ± 0.1467	1.930 ± 0.0557	2.073 ± 0.2273
Distal number	137	2.531 ± 0.2480	2.361 ± 0.2513	2.214 ± 0.2099	2.425 ± 0.2291	2.052 ± 0.0864	2.714 ± 0.3580
Total number	137	4.905 ± 0.3437	4.723 ± 0.3483	4.279 ± 0.2910	4.747 ± 0.3176	4.243 ± 0.1198	5.084 ± 0.4962

Significant values (P < 0.05) are in bold.