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Table 1 Skeletal muscle mass weight and muscle to body weight

From: Tail suspension is useful as a sarcopenia model in rats

  control TS SHR
body weight (g) 658 ± 30 575 ± 22 * 431 ± 10 *
EDL muscle (g) 0.33 ± 0.01 0.28 ± 0.01 * 0.19 ± 0.01 *
EDL/BW (g/kg) 0.51 ± 0.03 0.49 ± 0.03 0.44 ± 0.02
SOL muscle (g) 0.98 ± 0.11 0.72 ± 0.03 * 0.61 ± 0.06 *
SOL/BW (g/kg) 1.53 ± 0.19 1.28 ± 0.08 1.41 ± 0.15
  1. EDL muscle Extensor digitorum longus muscle, SOL muscle Soleus muscle; SHR Spontaneously hypertensive rat, TS Tail suspension, BW Body weight. *P < 0.05 vs. control group, values = mean ± SEM (n = 7 per group)
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Laboratory Animal Research

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