Table 4.

Baseline and delta values in those who completed the study

	Baseline values			Delta values (value at end of study minus baseline)
	DD group	DP group	PP group	DD group	DP group	PP group
N	110	97	105
Males (%)	40.0	40.2	39.0
Age (years)	47.3 ± 11.1	47.7 ± 11.6	50.8 ± 10.7
BMI (kg/m2)	34.4 ± 3.9	33.7 ± 3.5*	35.2 ± 3.9	0.01 ± 1.33	0.13 ± 1.10	0.09 ± 1.35
Smokers (%)	20.9	20.6	17.1
BMD L2-L4 (g/cm2)	1.270 ± 0.155	1.235 ± 0.161	1.251 ± 0.170	0.008 ± 0.036	0.008 ± 0.039	0.007 ± 0.042
BMD total hip (g/cm2)	1.107 ± 0.133	1.067 ± 0.128	1.092 ± 0.130	0.008 ± 0.014	0.011 ± 0.014	0.009 ± 0.017
OPG (pg/ml)	1875 ± 509	1961 ± 600	2092 ± 650	56 ± 3061		- 34 ± 4722
RANKL (pg/ml)	0.09 ± 0.15	0.10 ± 0.27	0.05 ± 0.10	- 0.01 ± 0.101		0.00 ± 0.062
Serum 25(OH)D (nmol/L)	61.3 ± 20.7	58.3 ± 21.2	60.1 ± 22.3	79.9 ± 31.3†	41.7 ± 22.8†	- 2.2 ± 16.8
Serum PTH (pmol/L)	5.1 ± 1.6	5.4 ± 1.8	5.7 ± 1.7	- 0.9 ± 1.5†	- 0.7 ± 1.4*	- 0.2 ± 1.6
Serum calcium (mmol/L)	2.30 ± 0.11	2.32 ± 0.11	2.31 ± 0.10	- 0.01 ± 0.12	- 0.02 ± 0.12	- 0.01 ± 0.11

*P < 0.05; ^†P < 0.001 versus delta values in the PP grooup

¹N = 76; ²N = 81