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Table 3 Skeletal muscle weight and composition

From: Long-term high-fat-diet feeding induces skeletal muscle mitochondrial biogenesis in rats in a sex-dependent and muscle-type specific manner

 

Gastrocnemius

 

Soleus

 
 

Control

HFD

ANOVA

Control

HFD

ANOVA

Tissue weight (g)

Male

5.14 ± 0.16

5.23 ± 0.08

S

0.244 ± 0.018

0.262 ± 0.024

S, D

Female

3.20 ± 0.12b

3.59 ± 0.11a, b

 

0.152 ± 0.018b

0.226 ± 0.014a

 

Relative tissue weight (g/Kg)

Male

9.27 ± 0.33

8.01 ± 0.29a

S, D, S*D

0.440 ± 0.035

0.401 ± 0.039

NS

Female

11.1 ± 0.4b

7.88 ± 0.37a

 

0.525 ± 0.065

0.497 ± 0.035

 

Triglyceride (mg/g tissue)

Male

6.88 ± 0.89

8.79 ± 1.77

NS

22.2 ± 3.2

19.1 ± 1.5

S, S*D

Female

7.78 ± 1.85

10.9 ± 1.3

 

12.5 ± 1.6b

18.7 ± 1.0a

 

Protein (mg/g tissue)

Male

81.6 ± 2.4

84.7 ± 3.8

NS

76.3 ± 1.9

60.8 ± 1.4a

D

Female

81.5 ± 1.8

78.7 ± 4.7

 

75.2 ± 4.0

69.8 ± 2.1b

 
  1. Values are expressed as the mean ± S.E.M of eight animals per group. ANOVA (p < 0.05): S sex effect, D HFD effect, S*D sex and HFD interactive effect and NS non significant effect. Student's t-test (p < 0.05):a HFD vs control, b female vs male.