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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 3.

Subgroup analysis Bone mineral measurements at screening, 9 and 18 month DXA and their changes per ARM in CD and UC patients

CD UC

CALCITONIN PLACEBO CALCITONIN PLACEBO

N Mean (SD) N Mean (SD) P N Mean (SD) N Mean (SD) p

TOTAL BODY

Screening to 18 mos

ZTBBMDscreening 26 −1.37 (0.92) 20 −1.43 (0.68) 0.83 4 −0.58 (0.67) 12 −0.93 (0.77 0.54
ZTBBMD18 19 −1.58 (0.93) 18 −1.51 (0.73) 0.79 4 −0.83 (0.33) 8 −0.81(0.87) 0.44
ΔZTBBMD(18-0) 18 −0.19 (0.64) 18 −0.05 (0.53) 0.75 4 −0.25 (0.35) 8 0.13 (0.47) 0.19

Screening to 9 mos

ZTBBMD9 20 −1.47 (0.9) 15 −1.43 (0.88) 0.92 3 −0.93 (0.51) 8 −0.88 (0.94) 0.92
ΔZTBBMD(9-0) 19 −0.08 (0.53) 15 0.01 (0.52) 0.93 3 −0.17 (0.42) 8 0.04 (0.5) 0.55

Screening to 18 mos (bone age adjusted)

ZTBBMD (BA)screening 14 −1.06 (1.04) 17 −0.95 (0.86) 0.72 4 −0.28 (0.33) 10 −0.91 (0.69) 0.11
ZTBBMD (BA)18 17 −0.96 (1.02) 14 −1.12 (0.81) 0.63 4 −0.63 (0.57) 6 −0.88 (0.97) 0.65
ΔZTBBMD(BA)(18-0) 17 −0.08 (0.70) 15 −0.25 (0.53) 0.47 4 −0.35 (0.68) 6 −0.12 (0.87) 0.66

SPINE

Screening to 18 mos

ZSBMDscreening 27 −1.64 (0.68) 20 −1.61 (0.82) 0.87 4 −0.9 (0.37) 12 −1.4 (0.61) 0.13
ZSBMD18 22 −1.43 (0.67) 19 −1.47 (0.9) 0.91 4 −0.85 (0.26) 10 −1.08 (0.79) 0.59
ΔZSBMD(18-0) 22 0.21 (0.56) 19 0.14 (0.51) 0.67 4 0.05 (0.37) 10 0.25 (0.51) 0.5

Screening to 9 mos

ZSBMD9 20 −1.49 (0.58) 15 −1.73 (0.82) 0.31 3 −1.1 (0.26) 8 −1.13 (0.64) 0.95
ΔZSBMD(9-0) 20 0.21 (0.37) 15 −0.15 (0.5) 0.02 3 −0.07 (0.47) 8 0.28 (0.32) 0.2

Screening to 18 mos (bone age adjusted)

ZSBMD (BA)screening 14 −1.06 (1.04) 17 −0.95 (0.86) 0.72 4 −0.58 (0.24) 10 −1.27 (0.62) 0.06
ZSBMD(BA)18 17 −0.98 (0.69) 13 −1.27 (0.97) 0.34 4 −0.68 (0.35) 6 −0.97 (0.61) 0.42
ΔZSBMD(BA)(18-0) 17 0.41 (0.62) 15 −0.03 (0.72) 0.07 4 −0.1 (0.54) 6 0.18 (0.75) 0.54

CD: Crohn disease, UC: ulcerative colitis, 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, ΔZSBMD: change in spine BMD Z-score (from screening to 9 or 18 mos), (BA): adjusted for bone age