Research Article

The Effects of Omega-3 Fatty Acid Supplementation on Dexamethasone-Induced Muscle Atrophy

Figure 1

Changes in body weight (grams) in animals treated with n-3 PUFA or vehicle for 40 days and dexamethasone or vehicle (last 10 days). The dotted line indicates the start of dexamethasone administration. CT = control group ( ), DX = dexamethasone group ( ), n-3 = n-3 PUFA group ( ), and DX + n-3 = dexamethasone + n-3 PUFA group ( ). Values represent means ± S.E.M., analyzed by two-way ANOVA repeated measure followed by Bonferroni post hoc test, .
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