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. 2022 Nov 16;55(2):693–703. doi: 10.4143/crt.2022.952

Table 4.

The results of bone mineral density and bone-related markers before and after consolidation

	Before consolidation	After consolidation	p-value
Bone densitometry (t-score)	−1.8 (n=29)	−1.3 (n=20)	0.044^a)
Osteoporosis, n (%)	11/29 (37.9)	4/20 (20.0)	0.050^b)
Osteopenia, n (%)	11/29 (37.9)	11/20 (55.0)	-
Normal, n (%)	7/29 (24.1)	5/20 (25.0)	-
Bone-specific ALP ( μg/L)	13.2 (n=41)	9.56 (n=38)	< 0.001^a)
Osteocalcin	15.7 (n=28)	13.1 (n=32)	0.353
NTX (nM BCE/mM Cr)	24.0 (n=37)	15.3 (n=40)	0.001^a)

ALP, alkaline phosphatase; NTX, N-terminal cross-linking telopeptide of type I collagen.

^a)

Median values were compared by Wilcoxon signed rank test,

^b)

Compared by the McNemar test.