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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Growth Horm IGF Res. 2011 Jul 28;21(5):243–247. doi: 10.1016/j.ghir.2011.06.002

Table 2.

Femoral pQCT data from 6-month-old female mice

WT (23) PAPP-A KO (17) ΔH19/KO (15) ΔH19/WT (29)
Midshaft
 Cort th 0.288 ± 0.009 0.246 ± 0.009* 0.235 ± 0.006* 0.284 ± 0.005
 Area 1.49 ± 0.05 1.01 ± 0.04* 1.12 ± 0.03* 1.44 ± 0.03
 BMC 1.56 ± 0.06 1.03 ± 0.05* 1.10 ± 0.04* 1.56 ± 0.04
 BMD 1047 ± 23 1027 ± 19 989 ± 25 1091 ± 15
Distal metaphysis
 Area 4.30 ± 0.13 3.38 ± 0.11* 3.63 ± 0.09 4.60 ± 0.10
 BMC 2.21 ± 0.08 1.55 ± 0.08* 1.62 ± 0.07 2.10 ± 0.05
 BMD 519 ± 9 455 ± 11* 444 ± 14* 462 ± 6*

Cort th: Cortical thickness (mm).

Area: (mm2).

BMC: Bone mineral content (per 1 mm slice).

BMD: Bone mineral density (mg/cm3).

Results are mean ± SEM, with numbers of mice per group in parentheses.

*

Significantly different from WT, P < 0.05.