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Published in final edited form as: Bone. 2010 Oct 13;48(3):562–570. doi: 10.1016/j.bone.2010.10.003

Table 3.

Micro CT-derived Parameters of the unoperated contralateral femurs at 6 weeks, presented as mean (standard deviation). P values indicate significant differences between the teriparatide treated samples and the saline treated controls, while NS indicates no significant differences.

	Saline	Teriparatide
Medial-Lateral Periosteal Diameter (mm)	1.76 (0.03)	1.85 (0.08)	NS
Anterior-Posterior Periosteal Diameter (mm)	1.22 (0.001)	1.30 (0.05)	NS
Cortical Thickness (mm)	0.180 (0.006)	0.199 (0.007)	p<0.05
Cortical Bone Density (mg HA/cc)	1201 (4)	1179 (21)	NS
Cross-Sectional Area (mm²)	0.69 (0.01)	0.82 (0.05)	p<0.05
Polar Moment of Inertia (mm⁴)	0.27 (0.01)	0.36 (0.03)	p<0.05