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Table 2.

Effect of WSE, WSE + Protein, Protein, RT and Reference on grip strength.

Treatment Groups	Grip strength (Newton)
Treatment Groups	Day 1	Day 14	Day 28	Day 42	Day 60
Young Control	23.76 ± 0.83	23.87 ± 0.39	24.92 ± 0.57	23.08 ± 0.72	26.30 ± 0.69
Aging Control	12.75 ± 0.71^a	14.18 ± 0.54^a	12.42 ± 0.31^a	10.50 ± 0.37^a	8.90 ± 0.30^a
WSE	13.66 ± 0.51	19.42 ± 0.33^b	21.25 ± 0.96^b	22.23 ± 0.63^b	27.77 ± 0.29^b
WSE + Protein	13.98 ± 0.56	19.22 ± 0.81^b	21.93 ± 0.28^b	23.13 ± 0.61^b	29.20 ± 0.75^b
Protein	13.36 ± 0.68	17.47 ± 0.74∗∗	20.23 ± 0.22^b	21.60 ± 0.37^b	24.08 ± 0.28^b
RT	12.58 ± 0.36	17.32 ± 0.51∗∗	20.45 ± 0.23^b	21.75 ± 0.41^b	25.70 ± 0.74^b
Reference	13.76 ± 0.45	18.75 ± 0.19^b	21.27 ± 0.73^b	22.90 ± 0.89^b	26.82 ± 0.93^b

Note: All values are expressed as mean ± SEM; N = 6 in each group; One way ANOVA followed by Bonferroni's multiple comparison test is applied for statistical analysis.

P < 0.001 when Aging Control compared with Young Control.

P < 0.001 when treatment groups compared with Aging control.