TABLE 2.

Change in bone mineral density over 12 mo (g/cm²) by group¹

	Carbonate		Phosphate
Time	n	Mean ± SEM	n	Mean ± SEM
Hip
3 mo	105	0.00552 ± 0.00194	105	0.00654 ± 0.00186
6 mo	106	0.00801 ± 0.00197	104	0.00702 ± 0.00213
12 mo	106	0.01450 ± 0.00203	105	0.01680 ± 0.00227
Spine
3 mo	104	0.0248 ± 0.00242	105	0.0216 ± 0.00260
6 mo	106	0.0433 ± 0.00248	104	0.0395 ± 0.00266
12 mo	106	0.0607 ± 0.00336	105	0.0609 ± 0.00356

¹There were no significant differences between groups for any of the variables.