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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Bone. 2008 Aug 8;43(6):1067–1074. doi: 10.1016/j.bone.2008.07.248

TABLE 3.

BSE analysis of distal femur cortical bone and thoracic vertebral body trabecular bone.

BSE analysis of distal femur cortical bone

Fluoride Treatment (ppm) A/J SWR/J 129P3/J

Peak grey level 0 212 ± 13 194 ± 14 190 ± 15
25 200 ± 22 191 ± 12 215 ± 13
50 201 ± 15 179 ± 19 210 ± 19
100 216 ± 2 210 ± 12 212 ± 13

FWHM 0 44 ± 10 39 ± 9 44 ± 8
25 36 ± 5 42 ± 7 39 ± 3
50 38 ± 4 43 ± 10 43 ± 4
100 46 ± 3 46 ± 4 45 ± 1

BSE analysis of vertebral body trabecular bone

Peak grey level 0 181 ± 15 171 ± 23 165 ± 11
25 170 ± 20 179 ± 24 171 ± 33
50 176 ± 20 180 ± 24 178 ± 8
100 193 ± 14 206 ± 18 185 ± 16

FWHM 0 55 ± 8 65 ± 6 62 ± 11
25 57 ± 9 61 ± 6 62 ± 11
50 49 ± 7 51 ± 7 *** 53 ± 8
100 53 ± 7 51 ± 6 *** 48 ± 1 *

Data are presented as means ± SD.

A p value < 0.001 is noted as***. A 0.001<p<0.05 is noted as ** and a 0.05<p< 0.1 is noted as *.

For vertebral body trabecular bone, the fluoride dose significantly affected the full width of the half maximum value (FWHM) in the SWR/J strain.