. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Aug 19.

Published in final edited form as: Endocrinology. 2003 Sep;144(9):3950–3957. doi: 10.1210/en.2002-0123

TABLE 2.

Femur volumetric density and geometric parameters measured by pQCT

Group	Total BMD (mg/cm³)			Periosteal circumference (mm)			Endosteal circumference (mm)
Group	Proximal metaphysis	Mid-diaphysis	Distal metaphysis	Proximal metaphysis	Mid-diaphysis	Distal metaphysis	Proximal metaphysis	Mid-diaphysisg	Distal metaphysis
1	513.5 ± 9.4	455.8 ± 12.7	359.6 ± 10.2	4.54 ± 0.04	3.75 ± 0.03	5.26 ± 0.16	2.99 ± 0.05	2.60 ± 0.03	4.29 ± 0.14
2	534.9 ± 19.2	456.7 ± 15.4	357.5 ± 13.4	5.16 ± 0.08^a	4.22 ± 0.05^a	6.12 ± 0.05^a	3.47 ± 0.09^a	2.97 ± 0.04^a	4.99 ± 0.09^a
3	540.9 ± 10.3	495.6 ± 11.5	380.8 ± 6.0	4.66 ± 0.06	3.84 ± 0.05	5.38 ± 0.05	2.92 ± 0.03	2.50 ± 0.04	4.37 ± 0.03
4	522.2 ± 7.4	487.9 ± 24.4	356.1 ± 19.0	4.99 ± 0.06^a	3.91 ± 0.06	5.97 ± 0.04^a	3.40 ± 0.03^a	2.70 ± 0.02^a	4.98 ± 0.05^a
5	510.0 ± 8.5	469.2 ± 15.2	367.3 ± 8.6	4.65 ± 0.10	3.88 ± 0.04	5.55 ± 0.06	3.00 ± 0.07	2.70 ± 0.03	4.54 ± 0.07
6	587.0 ± 12.7^a	527.5 ± 12.3^a	403.1 ± 12.6^a	5.32 ± 0.03^a	4.30 ± 0.05^a	6.18 ± 0.06^a	3.19 ± 0.07	2.88 ± 0.04^a	4.90 ± 0.08^a
7	572.5 ± 9.0	608.0 ± 3.3	430.5 ± 18.3	4.93 ± 0.06	3.94 ± 0.06	5.57 ± 0.05	2.96 ± 0.09	2.49 ± 0.04	4.27 ± 0.07
8	592.6 ± 3.2	621.3 ± 3.4^a	454.4 ± 7.5	5.40 ± 0.03^a	4.32 ± 0.04^a	6.03 ± 0.03^a	3.32 ± 0.01^a	2.71 ± 0.03^a	4.51 ± 0.04^a

The values are mean ± SEM (n = 5–8 per group).

P < 0.05 vs. corresponding control group by t test or post hoc test.