Table 5.

Forearm bone density results (Trubecular, Cortical + Subcortical, Total Density (mg/10³ mm) and Total Density Score “T-Score”) and related concentrations of two blood hormones (FSH and E2) in early-postmenopausal women at the Admission and after four months administration of either Placebo (A-P-P-P-P; n = 4) or Maca-GO (A-M-M-M-M; n=5)

Detection Point	At Admission		After 4 months		At Admission		After 4 months
Measurement & Group	Trabecular Density (mg/103mm)				Cortical + Subcortical (mg/103mm)
Bone Density	Mean	SEa	Mean	SE	Mean	SE	Mean	SE
A-P-P-P-P	176.6	12.1	177.3	12.6	497.7	13.5	478.5	23.9
A-M-M-M-M	187.2	11.9	186.1	13.4	534.2	34.7	552.8	44.4
	Total Density (mg/103mm)				Total Density “Z-Score”
Total Density & Score	Mean	SE	Mean	SE	Mean	SE	Mean	SE
A-P-P-P-P	357.1	15.3	343.1	17.4	0.0	0.15	-0.23	0.19
A-M-M-M-M	379.1	21.5	388.0	25.5	0.36	0.32	0.52	0.38
Hormone	FSH (mIU/ml)				E2 (pg/ml)
A-P-P-P-P	82.20	3.86	73.40	4.11	7.23	0.45	13.23	0.96
A-M-M-M-M	68.25	3.27	30.50	3.07	13.52	0.94	31.82	4.17

^aSE (±), standard error of mean.