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. 2012 Dec 28;37(3):523–527. doi: 10.1007/s00264-012-1750-z

Table 2.

Median circulating levels of five types of BMPs (pg/ml and range) between patients with demonstrated normal (within nine months) or delayed fracture healing

Type of BMP Normal union (n = 34) Delayed union (n = 31) p-value
BMP-2 657 (542–2109) 641 (467–2036) 0.641
BMP-4 640 (372–2410) 674 (395–1584) 0.618
BMP-6 699 (135–2103) 554 (135–1379) 0.323
BMP-7 236 (146–2196) 299 (90–2127) 0.836
BMP-9 312 (72–2496) 288 (120–816) 0.231