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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arthritis Rheum. 2008 Nov;58(11):3485–3497. doi: 10.1002/art.23954

Figure 4.

Figure 4

X-ray tomography (XTM) performed on the lumbar vertebral bodies from PL, GC at day 56 (a,b) and quantitative measurement for degree of bone mineralization and lumbar compression test for PL, GC, PTH (1-34) or Ris groups at day 56 (c). GC excess decreased the average mineral and shifted the mineral mineralization to the left, consisting of lower percentages of minerals (a & b). GC excess decreased lumbar compression yield strength (c). Both the GC+PTH and GC+Ris restored DBM and lumbar compression yield strength (b & c) to the PL level. *= p < 0.05 from placebo; #= p<0.05 from GC.