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Published in final edited form as: Bone. 2009 Oct 24;46(1):18. doi: 10.1016/j.bone.2009.10.025

Table 2.

Micro-CT outcome measures for the chronic study.

	d 0	d 12	d 28	d 56	d 84
Lower limb muscle
Muscle volume, M.V (mm³)	316.66 ± 5.26	221.20 ± 5.19^a	208.83 ± 5.03^a	243.63 ± 5.57^a ^b ^c	278.68 ± 5.67^a ^b ^c ^d
Tibia proximal metaphysis
Trabecular fraction, BV/TV (%)	0.031 ± 0.002	0.006 ± 0.000^a	0.008 ± 0.001^a	0.013 ± 0.002^a ^b	0.015 ± 0.002^a ^b ^c
Trabecular number, Tb.N (#/mm)	2.894 ± 0.087	2.180 ± 0.063^a	2.209 ± 0.106^a	2.365 ± 0.142^a	2.356 ± 0.129^a
Trabecular thickness, Tb.Th (mm)	0.043 ± 0.001	0.035 ± 0.002^a	0.043 ± 0.002^b	0.052 ± 0.001^a ^b ^c	0.057 ± 0.002^a ^b ^c ^d
Trabecular spacing,Tb.Sp (mm)	0.350 ±0.010	0.483 ± 0.011^a	0.475 ± 0.020^a	0.446 ± 0.025^a	0.431 ± 0.026^a
Tibia mid-diaphysis
Periosteal volume, Ps.V (mm³)	1.053 ± 0.015	1.046 ± 0.014	1.049 ± 0.012	1.040 ± 0.013	1.064 ± 0.013
Cortical volume, Ct.V (mm³)	0.596 ± 0.011	0.551 ± 0.009^a	0.538 ± 0.007^a	0.569 ± 0.006^c	0.597 ± 0.007^b ^c
Endocortical volume, Ec.V (mm³)	0.457 ± 0.005	0.495 ± 0.009^a	0.510 ± 0.011^a	0.470 ± 0.011^c	0.467 ± 0.009^c
Cortical thickness, Ct.Th (mm)	0.194 ± 0.002	0.177 ± 0.002^a	0.171 ± 0.002^a	0.185 ± 0.002^a ^b ^c	0.193 ± 0.002^b ^c

^a

p < 0.05 vs. d 0

^b

p < 0.05 vs. d 12

^c

p < 0.05 vs. d 28

^d

p< 0.05 vs. d 56.