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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Aug 4.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Gastroenterol. 2011 Apr 26;106(8):1527–1543. doi: 10.1038/ajg.2011.129

TABLE 2.

Primary and secondary outcomes Bone mineral measurements at screening, 9 and 18 month DXA and their changes per ARM

CALCITONIN PLACEBO

N Mean (SD) N Mean (SD) p

TOTAL BODY

Screening to 18 mos

ZTBBMDscreening 30 −1.27 (0.92) 32 −1.24 (0.75) 0.89
ZTBBMD18 23 −1.45 (0.9) 26 −1.29 (0.82) 0.53

ΔZTBBMD(18-0) 22 −0.21 (0.59) 26 0.00 (0.51) 0.3

Screening to 9 mos

ZTBBMD9 23 −1.4 (0.87) 23 −1.24 (0.92) 0.56
ΔZTBBMD(9-0) 22 −0.1 (0.51) 23 0.02 (0.5) 0.63

Screening to 18 mos (bone age adjusted)

ZTBBMD (BA)screening 28 −0.95 (1.01) 27 −0.93 (0.78) 0.96
ZTBBMD (BA)18 21 −0.9 (0.94) 20 −1.05 (0.84) 0.58
ΔZTBBMD(BA)(18-0) 21 −0.13 (0.69) 21 −0.21 (0.62) 0.71

SPINE

Screening to 18 mos

ZSBMDscreening 31 −1.55 (0.69) 32 −1.53 (0.75) 0.95
ZSBMD18 26 −1.34 (0.66) 29 −1.33 (0.87) 0.89

ΔZSBMD(18-0) 26 0.19 (0.53) 29 0.18 (0.5) 0.95

Screening to 9 mos

ZSBMD9 23 −1.44 (0.56) 23 −1.52 (0.8) 0.69
ΔZSBMD(9-0) 23 0.17 (0.38) 23 0.00 (0.49) 0.18

Screening to 18 mos (bone age adjusted)

ZSBMD (BA)screening 29 −1.28 (0.68) 27 −1.16 (0.87) 0.57
ZSBMD(BA)18 21 −0.92 (0.64) 19 −1.17 (0.87) 0.3
ΔZSBMD(BA)(18-0) 21 0.31 (0.62) 21 0.03 (0.72) 0.18

SD: standard deviation, ZTBBMD: Total body BMD Z-score, ΔZTBBMD: change in total body BMD Z-score from screening to 9 or 18 mos, ZSBMD: Spine BMD Z-score, ΔZTBBMD: change in spine BMD Z-score from screening to 9 or 18 mos, (BA): adjusted for bone age Italicized: primary outcomes