Table 3. Absolute hip and spine BMC and region area changes across time.

A time by group by race repeated measures ANOVA was run on BMC and region areas of the hip and spine followed by Bonferroni corrected post hoc t tests.

Time Point	BMC (g)		Regional Area (cm2)
	AAa	EAb	AAa	EAb
Hip Neck
Baseline	5.151±0.805	4.900±0.674	4.730±0.285	4.758±0.341
After Weight Loss	5.195±0.837	4.884±0.668	4.802±0.597	4.758±0.319
1 yr Follow-up	5.094±0.777	4.859±0.686	4.733±0.281	4.762±0.359
Hip Shaft
Baseline	18.048±2.261	17.216±2.018	13.726±0.645	13.993±0.737
After Weight Loss	18.128±2.183	17.163±1.890	13.762±0.651	13.971±0.672
1 yr Follow-up	17.929±2.217*	17.007±1.963*	13.755±0.624	13.936±0.708
Total Hip
Baseline	35.491±5.248	31.961±4.316	30.340±2.164	30.593±1.792
After Weight Loss	33.279±4.737	31.863±4.292	30.090±1.937	30.545±1.797
1 yr Follow-up	33.079±5.126*	31.667±4.378*	30.238±2.004	30.607±1.844
L1				c
Baseline	14.533±2.665	14.088±2.487	11.089±1.111	11.794±1.116
After Weight Loss	13.994±2.420+*	13.680±2.490*	10.986±1.166	11.680±1.103
1 yr Follow-up	14.398±2.709	13.742±2.738	11.094±1.280	11.712±1.205
L2				c
Baseline	16.503±2.970	16.384±2.872	11.991±1.260	12.761±1.169
After Weight Loss	16.341±2.996	16.180±2.595	12.065±1.279	12.894±1.240
1 yr Follow-up	16.733±2.973	16.153±2.869	12.146±1.237	12.761±1.295
L3				c
Baseline	19.144±3.506	18.707±3.508	13.432±1.481	13.794±1.630
After Weight Loss	19.160±3.195	18.804±3.257	13.557±1.383	14.192±1.732
1 yr Follow-up	19.527±3.328*	18.851±3.587	13.644±1.335	14.182±1.668*
L4
Baseline	21.413±3.910	20.936±4.068	15.710±1.829	16.242±2. 072
After Weight Loss	21.608±3.490	20.562±3.710	15.986±1.569	16.310±2.022
1 yr Follow-up	21.327±3.769	20.396±3.980	15.638±1.897	16.138±2.066

Values are means ± standard deviation.

^aAfrican Americans.

^bEuropean-Americans.

^cRace effect: European-American values are significantly higher (P<0.05) than African American values.

^+*indicates a significant difference of P<0.001 from baseline.

^*indicates a significant difference of P<0.05 from baseline.