Table 5 Main characteristics of the patients’ samples depicted Fig. 7
All fibers | Type I fibers | Type II fibers | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | Age | BMI (kg/m2) | Mean CSA (μm2) | Atrophy factor | Hypertrophy factor | Atrophy factor | Hypertrophy factor | Atrophy factor | Hypertrophy factor | |
DM | F | 26 | NA | 1496.6 ± 10.4 | 5.2 | 0.002 | 4.1 | 0.0004 | 6.2 | 0.004 |
ASM | F | 71 | NA | 1051.4 ± 9.2 | 9.5 | 0.004 | 5.4 | 0.008 | 15.0 | 0.000 |
NAM | F | 62 | NA | 1938.5 ± 25.1 | 4.6 | 0.04 | 2.8 | 0.05 | 7.4 | 0.02 |
Neurogenic Atrophy | F | 55 | 17.9 | 1227.4 ± 8.8 | 6.5 | 0.000 | 4.2 | 0.000 | 10.2 | 0.000 |
Type II atrophy | M | 76 | 18.3 | 1782.2 ± 19.5 | 4.8 | 0.037 | 1.1 | 0.07 | 8.1 | 0.002 |
Hypertrophy | F | 60 | 27.5 | 4735 ± 35.4 | 0.3 | 3.7 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 7.2 |