Elevated hydrogen peroxide and decreased catalase and glutathione peroxidase protection are associated with aging sarcopenia

Table 1 Body weight and quadriceps muscle weights

	Age (months)
	6 ( *n =* 16)	12 ( *n =* 18)	18 ( *n =* 12)	24 ( *n =* 12)
Body weight (g)	30 ± 1.8	27 ± 2.2	28 ± 1.3	28 ± 1.3
Quadriceps weight (g)	0.15 ± 0.02	0.18 ± 0.01^acd	0.15 ± 0.02	0.16 ± 0.01
Body weight/quadriceps weight ratio	5.08 ± 0.59	6.15 ± 1.72^acd	5.45 ± 0.38	5.55 ± 0.52

The values represent the mean ± SEM.
Statistically significant differences (P < 0.05) between groups are indicated by lower case letters, where ^a6 m/o, ^c18 m/o and ^d24 m/o.

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