Table 5.

Whole thigh and whole calf IMAT content

	Women			Men
	YE	LLE	OH	YE	LLE	OH
Whole thigh	4.7 ± 0.4*	8.4 ± 0.9†	12.3 ± 0.8	5.0 ± 0.5*	8.2 ± 0.6†	10.8 ± 0.8
Whole calf	4.8 ± 0.4*	11.2 ± 1.2	11.4 ± 1.4	5.7 ± 0.4*	13.8 ± 1.3	11.6 ± 0.8

Values are means ± SE in %. IMAT, intermuscular adipose tissue; YE, young exercisers; LLE, lifelong exercisers; OH, old healthy nonexercisers.

^*P < 0.05 vs. main groups;

^†P < 0.05 vs. OH.