Epo Is Relevant Neither for Microvascular Formation Nor for the New Formation and Maintenance of Mice Skeletal Muscle Fibres in Both Normoxia and Hypoxia

Table 2

Body weight, hematocrit and haemoglobin concentration in wild-type (WT) and Epo-Tag^h mice in normoxia (Nx), acute hypoxia for 24 hours (AHx) and chronic hypoxia for 14 days (CHx) (𝑛 = 14 in each group).

	WT			Epo-TAg^h
	Nx	AHx	CHx	Nx	AHx	CHx
Body weight (g)	24.2 ± 1.3	23.1 ± 1.1	23.5 ± 0.9	23.0 ± 1.1	23.6 ± 1.3	23.1 ± 1.9
Muscle weight (g)	0.15 ± 0.03	0.12 ± 0.01	0.15 ± 0.03	0.15 ± 0.02	0.12 ± 0.02	0.13 ± 0.01
Hematocrit (%)	45.3 ± 1.6	51.7 ± 1.3*	60.3 ± 1.6^∗#	19.3 ± 1.1$	21.6 ± 1.5*$	27 ± 1.9^∗$
[Haemoglobin] g/dL	17.3 ± 0.3	16.9 ± 0.4	19.2 ± 0.5*	6.7 ± 0.5$	6.1 ± 0.2$	7.1 ± 0.5$

Values are means ± SD.
^∗Significantlydifferent from corresponding Nx group, 𝑃<.05; #, significantly different from corresponding AHx group, 𝑃<.01; $, significantly different from corresponding WT group, 𝑃<.05.