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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Mar 28.
Published in final edited form as: Alcohol. 2003 Aug–Oct;31(1-2):87–92. doi: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2003.06.006

Table 1.

Comparison, in male and female rats, of fourth lumbar vertebral body height, measured from the superior cortical end plate to the inferior cortical end plate

Treatment group Vertebral body height (mm)
Male rats
    Alcohol-fed 7.27 ± 0.20*
    Pair-fed 7.69 ± 0.06
    Ad libitum–fed 8.22 ± 0.28
Female rats
    Alcohol-fed 6.49 ± 0.15*
    Pair-fed 6.83 ± 0.21
    Ad libitum–fed 7.19 ± 0.56

Values are expressed as the mean (n = 5) ± S.D.

*

P < .01 compared with values for either control group.