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. 2009 Dec 1;86(1):23–32. doi: 10.1007/s00223-009-9318-7

Table 2.

Time-dependent quantitative analysis of intravital fluorochrome labeling with calcein green (CG, day 18), alizarin red (AK, days 24 and 26), and tetracycline (TC, day 35)a

Fluochrome labeling Sham C E ALN
Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD
Total callus ventromedial (Tt.Cl.v) (mm2) 0.95 ±0.53 0.71 ±0.35 1.01 ±0.45 0.61• ±0.39
CG callus area ventromedial (Cl.Ar.v) (mm2) 0.25 ±0.26 0.16 ±0.12 0.39∆ ±0.28 0.14• ±0.17
AK callus area ventromedial (Cl.Ar.v) (mm2) 0.09 ±0.11 0.06 ±0.05 0.1 ±0.07 0.1 ±0.09
TC callus area ventromedial (Cl.Ar.v) (mm2) 0.27 ±0.27 0.13 ±0.12 0.14 ±0.14 0.11* ±0.11
Total callus dorsal (Tt.Cl.d) (mm2) 1.61 ±0.74 1.52 ±0.1 1.4 ±0.56 1.3 ±0.76
CG callus area dorsal (Cl.Ar.d) (mm2) 0.5 ±0.21 0.43 ±0.39 0.54 ±0.23 0.52 ±0.37
AK callus area dorsal (Cl.Ar.d) (mm2) 0.21 ±0.27 0.17 ±0.2 0.11 ±0.06 0.16 ±0.11
TC callus area dorsal (Cl.Ar.d) (mm2) 0.41 ±0.29 0.22 ±0.23 0.33 ±0.38 0.2 ±0.23
Total callus endosteal (Tt.Cl.e) (mm2) 1.12 ±0.7 1.21 ±0.8 1.28 ±0.73 1.15 ±0.52
CG callus area endosteal (Cl.Ar.e) (mm2) 0.35 ±0.29 0.14 ±0.15 0.34 ±0.23 0.35∆ ±0.26
AK callus area endosteal (Cl.Ar.e) (mm2) 0.09 ±0.08 0.14 ±0.12 0.2 ±0.16 0.2 ±0.16
TC callus area endosteal (Cl.Ar.e) (mm2) 0.34 ±0.36 0.41 ±0.26 0.3 ±0.32 0.2 ±0.22

C osteoporotic C, E estrogen, ALN alendronate

aAverage value ± SD of the mean. P values of <0.05 were considered to be significant (* P < 0.05 vs. sham group, ∆ P < 0.05 vs. C group, •  P < 0.05 vs. E group)