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. 2009 Oct;90(5):512–519. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2613.2009.00661.x

Table 2.

The changes in the number of osteoblasts, osteoclasts and mast cells

			Osteoblast number		Osteoclast number		Mast cells number (/mm²)
	Group	n	Mean ± SD	P	Mean ± SD	P	Mean ± SD	P
1	Sham4w	5	6.60 ± 1.19	0.686	1.40 ± 0.55	0.074	11.10 ± 2.88	0.317
2	OVX4w	5	7.10 ± 2.38^*		2.00 ± 0.35		13.20 ± 3.33^*
3	Sham8w	5	8.00 ± 1.58	0.379	1.50 ± 0.35	0.027	14.00 ± 1.54	0.020
4	OVX8w	5	7.10 ± 1.47^*		2.20 ± 0.45		18.10 ± 2.75^*
5	Shaw12w	5	7.20 ± 0.76	0.002	1.00 ± 0.79	0.002	13.60 ± 2.70	0.022
6	OVX12w	5	5.10 ± 0.74^*		2.90 ± 0.55		19.20 ± 3.47^*

^*

Compared with each other, P < 0.05.