Table 2.

Results of the habitual course observation phase.

	week 0	week 12
Overall capillary-to-fiber ratio	1.77 ± 0.30	1.78 ± 0.34
Capillary contacts	5.12 ± 0.70	5.25 ± 0.80
Sharing factor	2.75 ± 0.11	2.75 ± 0.10
Individual capillary-to-fiber ratio	1.91 ± 0.34	1.94 ± 0.35
Capillary density (capillaries·mm−2)	384 ± 40	401 ± 47
Capillary-to-fiber perimeter exchange index (capillaries·1000 µm−1)	6.44 ± 0.73	6.59 ± 0.85
Cross-sectional area (µm2)	5117 ± 853	5024 ± 711
Perimeter (µm)	295 ± 26	294 ± 19

Data are mean ± SD for n = 8 older men.