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Table 3 Body, muscle, and organ weights normalized by body weights among groups of P448Lneo (FKRP) without and with treadmill exercise (FKRP-treadmill) and control (BL6) mice at 6 months of age

From: Skeletal, cardiac, and respiratory muscle function and histopathology in the P448Lneo− mouse model of FKRP-deficient muscular dystrophy

Measurement

BL6 control

FKRP

FKRP-treadmill

Significantly different groups (adjusted p values using ANOVA followed by post hoc analysis)

N

Mean ± SD

N

Mean ± SD

N

Mean ± SD

Body (g)

8

28 ± 1.7

8

30 ± 1.2

12

29 ± 1.8

NS

GAS/BW(10−6)

8

5.4 ± 0.3

8

6.0 ± 0.2

12

6.4 ± 0.7

BL6 vs FKRP: p < 0.05,

BL6 vs FKRP-treadmill: p < 0.001

Sol/BW(10−7)

8

3.0 ± 0.4

8

3.5 ± 0.2

12

3.4 ± 0.3

BL6 vs FKRP: p < 0.05,

BL6 vs FKRP-treadmill: p < 0.05.

TA/BW(10−6)

8

1.8 ± 0.2

8

2.2 ± 0.2

12

2.4 ± 0.3

BL6 vs FKRP: p < 0.01,

BL6 vs FKRP-treadmill: p < 0.001

Triceps/BW(10−6)

8

3.4 ± 0.6

8

4.5 ± 0.3

12

5.2 ± 0.7

BL6 vs FKRP: p < 0.01,

BL6 vs FKRP-treadmill: p < 0.0001

FKRP vs FKRP-treadmill: p < 0.05

Quad/BW(10−6)

8

5.3 ± 0.8

8

6.5 ± 0.9

12

7.0 ± 1.3

BL6 vs FKRP: p < 0.05,

BL6 vs FKRP-treadmill: p < 0.01

Heart/BW(10−6)

8

4.3 ± 0.3

8

4.4 ± 0.2

12

4.4 ± 0.5

NS

Brain/BW(10−6)

8

16 ± 1.2

8

15 ± 0.5

12

16 ± 1.2

NS

  1. GAS gastrocnemius, Sol soleus, TA tibialis anterior, Quad quadriceps, BW body weight, NS not significant