Table 5.

Muscle mass and tibia length

	Sham	Castrated
Tibialis anterior, mg	50.98 ± 0.82	42.60 ± 1.18*
Gastrocnemius, mg	140.53 ± 1.57	130.66 ± 1.60*
Plantaris, mg	22.73 ± 0.52	20.06 ± 0.48*
Soleus, mg	9.79 ± 0.20	8.58 ± 0.21*
Tibia length, mm	17.39 ± 0.10	17.17 ± 0.09

Values are means ± SE; n = 18 mice for both sham and castrated groups.

^*Significance at P < 0.05.