TABLE 3.

The effect of high calcium and high VD3 diets on bone length, weight, and mineralization in WT and KO mice¹

Group	Dry weight	Ash	Ca	Femur length
	mg2	——% dry bone weight ——		mm
WT 1K	49.5 ± 1.9c	56.1 ± 1.4b	23.0 ± 0.5b	16.5 ± 0.2b
KO 1K	24.4 ± 1.5a	44.6 ± 1.9a	19.7 ± 0.4a	11.9 ± 0.6a
KO 10K	48.1 ± 2.0c	55.6 ± 1.0b	23.7 ± 0.5b	15.8 ± 0.2b
KO 20K	46.1 ± 3.6c	55.8 ± 0.8b	23.3 ± 0.3b	15.5 ± 0.3b
KO R	38.5 ± 1.3b	57.6 ± 1.3b	24.0 ± 0.4b	15.8 ± 0.2b

¹Values are means ± SEM, n = 6; means in a column without a common letter differ, P < 0.05.