Table 1.
Young | Aged | |||||
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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.