Table 1.

The effect of kit receptor deficiency and ovariectomy on total tibia bone volume and length and cortical bone architecture proximal to the tibio-fibular junction in 14-week-old mice at 10 weeks following surgery.

	WT		Kit W/W-v		ANOVA (P<)
	Intact	Ovx	Intact	Ovx	Genotype	Surgery	Interaction
Total Tibia
Bone length (mm)	17.56 ± 0.10	17.96 ± 0.04	17.31 ± 0.12	17.73 ± 0.08	0.003	0.001	NS
Bone volume (mm3)	16.35 ± 0.24	14.82 ± 0.23	13.99 ± 0.39	12.93 ± 0.34	0.001	0.001	NS
Tibial Diaphysis (cortical bone)
Tissue volume (mm3)	0.181 ± 0.002	0.177 ± 0.002	0.162 ± 0.002	0.159 ± 0.002	0.001	NS	NS
Cortical volume (mm3)	0.137 ± 0.002	0.128 ± 0.002	0.123 ± 0.002	0.119 ± 0.002	0.001	0.001	NS
Marrow volume (mm3)	0.044 ± 0.001	0.048 ± 0.001	0.039 ± 0.001	0.041 ± 0.002	0.001	0.03	NS
Cortical thickness (μm)	257 ± 4	238 ± 2	241 ± 2	231 ± 4	0.001	0.001	NS

Data are mean ± SE