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. 2018 Jul 3;596(16):3567–3584. doi: 10.1113/JP275998

Table 1.

Young and aged animal characteristics

Young Aged
CON CCA CON CCA
Body mass (g) 396.3 ± 9.1 461 ± 13.8*
Food intake (g day−1) 16.13 ± 0.54 15.14 ± 0.5
Heart mass/BM (mg g−1) 2.45 ± 0.03 2.84 ± 0.08*
Epididymal fat/BM (mg g−1) 5.33 ± 0.46 10.72 ± 0.87*
TA mass/BM (mg g−1) 1.82 ± 0.03 1.87 ± 0.07 0.91 ± 0.07* 0.95 ± 0.06*
EDL mass/BM (mg g−1) 0.45 ± 0.004 0.45 ± 0.01 0.26 ± 0.02* 0.28 ± 0.01*

BM, body mass; EDL, extensor digitorum longus; TA, tibialis anterior. * P < 0.05 aged vs. young (n = 11–16 per group). No effect of colchicine was noted on these measures.