Effects of Growth Hormone and Insulin-Like Growth Factor-1 on Postoperative Muscle and Substrate Metabolism

Table 8

Ribosome and polyribosome concentrations (OD/mg DNA) in skeletal muscle.

		D0	D3
Tot rib	Control	39.4 (35.1–48.5)	35.4 (30.7–43.4)
	GH	39.3 (33.2–46.7)	36.7 (30.8–38.8)
	GH-IGF-1	38.0 (34.1–38.8)	36.8 (33.6–44.8)
Poly rib	Control	18.7 (14.6–21.6)	15.1 (12.8–19.7)*
	GH	20.9 (19.8–21.6)	15.0 (11.6–17.1)*
	GH-IGF-1	16.8 (16.3–18.2)	15.7 (14.9–20.5)

*indicates a postoperative difference within the groups (𝑃<.05) as compared to D0. Values are given as median and quartiles.