Diabetes Alters Contraction-Induced Mitogen Activated Protein Kinase Activation in the Rat Soleus and Plantaris

Table 1

Body weight and muscle mass of lean and obese (fa/fa) Zucker rats. An asterisk (^*) indicates significant differences (𝑃<.05) from the lean Zucker value.

	Lean Zucker	Obese Zucker
Body mass, g	328 ± 12.2	597 ± 21.7^*
PLA mass, mg	373 ± .009	244 ± .007^*
PLA mass/Body Wt (mg/g)	1.14 ± .43	0.41 ± .12^*
SOL mass, mg	143 ± .005	146 ± .008
SOL mass/Body Wt (mg/g)	0.44 ± .13	0.24 ± .12^*