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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Invest Dermatol. 2011 Jan 13;131(5):1167–1169. doi: 10.1038/jid.2010.425

Table 1.

Serum Calcium Levels, Serum, FGF-23 Levels and Bone Measurements in Mice

Group Ca++*
mg/dL ± SEM		 iP
mg/dL ± SEM		 FGF23
pg/mL ± SEM		 BMD*
Right Femur
g/cm2 ± SEM		 BMC*
Right Femur
g		 BMD*
Total
g/cm2 ± SEM		 BMC*
Total
g		 Flexure
Stress*
mPa
Sesame Oil 9.5 ± 0.3 7.35 ± 0.36 452 ± 93 0.0421 ± 0.0016 0.0100 ± 0.0006 0.0333 ± 0.0011 0.188 ± 0.0110 51.3167 ± 0.602
17,20R(OH)2D3 9.4 ± 0.3 6.77 ± 0.28 980 ± 135** 0.0464 ± 0.0027 0.0117 ± 0.0009 0.0352 ± 0.0004 0.209 ± 0.0120 49.8713 ± 0.711
17,20S(OH)2D3 8.9 ± 0.2 6.32 ± 0.03 634 ± 143 0.0450 ± 0.0021 0.0110 ± 0.0010 0.0342 ± 0.0009 0.196 ± 0.0153 48.0900 ± 0.836
*

Serum total Ca++ and iP, levels, Bone Mineral Density (BMD) for right femur or total skeleton, Bone Mineral Content (BMC) for right femur or total skeleton, and Flexure Stress in 17,20R(OH)2D3 or 17,20S(OH)2D3 treated mice were not statistically different from sesame oil control treated mice by ANOVA.

**

P = 0.032 by ANOVA