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Table 4.

The percentage changes in bone mineral density (BMD g/cm²) of lumbar spine (L1–L4) and total hip from baseline to 12 and 24 months displayed for the matched pairs of compliant and non-compliant patients (N = 42)

	Time in months	Compliance
		No		Yes
		%	P	%	P
Lumbar spine L1–L4 (g/cm²)	0–12	−1.71	0.050	−2.57	0.004
Lumbar spine L1–L4 (g/cm²)	0–24	−2.00	0.085	−2.02	0.050
Total hip (g/cm²)	0–12	−1.65	0.055	−2.57	0.001
Total hip (g/cm²)	0–24	−3.20	0.005	−4.18	0.003

P values measured according to the Wilcoxon test