Lung injury-dependent oxidative status and chymotrypsin-like activity of skeletal muscles in hamsters with experimental emphysema

Table 1 Animal and skeletal muscle adaptation characteristics

	CS	E20	E40
Crossed Alveolar Intercept	94.36 ± 7.3	60.52 ± 2.8^*	52.27 ± 4.7^{*, †}
Total body weight (g)	171.6 ± 15.9	157.5 ± 10.3	137.4 ± 7.2^{*, †}
CI (%)	---	6.28 ± 0.91	9.45 ± 0.76
Gastrocnemius weight (mg)	251.87 ± 24.87	230.12 ± 23.52	197.87 ± 10.49^{*, †}
% of variation on gastrocnemius (compared with CS)	---	−8.6	−21.4

CS – Group instilled with 300 μL of NaCl 0.9%; E20 – Group instilled with 300 μL of papain 20 mg/mL in NaCl 0.9%; E40 – Group instilled with 300 μL of papain 40 mg/mL in NaCl 0.9%. CI – Cachexia index = (initial body weight – final body weight + body mass gain of CS group) / (initial body weight – body mass gain of CS group) x 100. ^*p<0.05 when compared with CS and ^†p<0.05 when compared with E20 by One way ANOVA followed by Bonferroni’s multiple comparison test.

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