Table 2.
Mitochondrial function and content.
| Characteristic Mean (SD) |
Men | Women | All |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phosphorous magnetic resonance spectroscopy | n = 6 | n = 10 | n = 16 |
| Phosphocreatine recovery rate, τ1/2 PCr (s) | 33.1 (8.6) | 37.0 (12.9) | 35.6 (11.3) |
| Quadruple immunofluorescence | n = 3 | n = 4 | n = 7 |
| Complex I | |||
| Mean fibre Z-score | −0.5 (1.1) | −0.7 (0.4) | −0.7 (0.7) |
| Proportion of positive fibres (Z ≥ −3) (%) | 98.9 (1.4) | 98.6 (0.2) | 98.7 (0.9) |
| Complex IV | |||
| Mean fibre Z-score |
|
−0.3 (0.5) | −0.2 (0.4) |
| Proportion of positive fibres (Z ≥ −3) (%) | 99.4 (0.4) | 98.8 (0.3) | 99.1 (0.5) |