β-Hydroxy-β-methylbutyrate (HMβ) supplementation stimulates skeletal muscle hypertrophy in rats via the mTOR pathway

Table 1 Body mass, food intake, and tissues weight of studied groups.

Variables	Control (n = 7) ME ± SEM	HMβ (n = 7) ME ± SEM	P Value
Weight (g)			-
Initial	306.10 ± 6.24	307.40 ± 3.65	-
Final	393.80 ± 11.98	409.60 ± 9.81	-
Variation (g)	87.70	102.20	0.163
Food intake (g)	22.01 ± 2.31	22.89 ± 2.43	0.402
EDL (g)	0.156 ± 0.002	0.162 ± 0.001	0.022*
Soleus (g)	0.177 ± 0.006	0.205 ± 0.011	0.024*
RPAT (g)	5.744 ± 0.870	4.624 ± 0.438	0.136
MEAT (g)	2.474 ± 0.225	2.207 ± 0.104	0.151
Liver (g)	11.56 ± 0.13	12.25 ± 0.41	0.110

EDL: extensor digitorum longus muscle, RPAT: retroperitoneal adipose tissue, MEAT: mesenteric adipose tissue.
*p < 0.05 vs. Control group.

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