. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jan 12.

Published in final edited form as: J Bone Miner Metab. 2010 Jun 30;29(1):111–122. doi: 10.1007/s00774-010-0201-4

TABLE 2.

COMPARISON OF HISTOMORPHOMETRIC PARAMETERS OF 28 DAYS LOADED CONTROL AND HINDLIMB UNLOADED MICE

	Tb.Th(μm)	Tb. N(1/mm)	Tb.Sp (μm)	N.Oc/BS	N.Ob/BS	MAR (μm/d)	BFR(μm/d)
CON (n=6)	34.1±3.2	4.14±0.3	218.67±54.4	0.49±0.198	8.56±3.335	2.18±0.419	0.40±0.2
HLU (n=6)	27.41±1.4^*	2.36±0.2^*	406.75±75.2^*	0.80±0.3⁺	9.08±2.7	1.97±0.5	0.41±0.2
p	0.005	0.0007	0.0005	0.013	0.77	0.429	0.957

Tb.Th, Trabecular thickness; Tb.N, Trabecular number; Tb.Sp, Trabecular Space; N.Oc/BS, Number of osteoclasts per bone surface; N.Ob/BS, Number of osteoblasts per bone surface; MAR, Mineralized apposition rate; BFR, Bone formation rate.

p≤0.005

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p ≤0.05 difference between CON and HLU groups.