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Table 3 Means of weight and mass percentage of masseter and temporal muscles by genotypes in paired male littermates

From: Prospective signs of cleidocranial dysplasia in Cebpb deficiency

 

Cebpb+/+(n = 6)

Cebpb+/-(n = 6)

All (n = 12)

p value

Weight of the left masseter muscle (mg)

120.9 ± 24.4

113.5 ± 23.9

117.2 ± 23.3

0.362

Weight of the left temporal muscle (mg)

32.0 ± 10.1

36.6 ± 8.8

34.3 ± 9.4

0.217

Temporal/masseter mass percentage (%)

26.1 ± 6.2

32.3 ± 4.9

29.2 ± 6.2

0.012*

  1. *p < 0.05.