a strong trendp = 0.064
At 7-week-old, the KO group demonstrated a strong trend toward a lower level of both normalized lactate (0.17 ± 0.04) and Lac/Pyr (0.33 ± 0.10), as compared to the WT group (0.21 ± 0.05 for normalized lactate, p = 0.064; 0.42 ± 0.12 for Lac/Pyr, p = 0.056).