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Table 2.

Horizontal WBV: micro-CT and microradiographic analyses of the tibia at the osteotomy site divided into ventral, dorsal, and endosteal regions in intact and OVX rats exposed to the different vibrations (at least 11 replications/treatment group, experiment 2)

	Intact		OVX		30 Hz		50 Hz		70 Hz		90 Hz
	Mean	SEM	Mean	SEM	Mean	SEM	Mean	SEM	Mean	SEM	Mean	SEM
Micro-CT
Total denisty (g/cm³)	1.37	0.04	1.27	0.02	1.31	0.03	1.32	0.02	1.29	0.02	1.30	0.04
BV/TV (%)	42^a	3	34^b	2	34^b	2	32^b	2	32^b	3	29^b	1
Microradiogpraphy
Ventral
Cortical width (mm)	0.47^ab	0.02	0.49^a	0.02	0.43^bc	0.02	0.41^c	0.02	0.43^bc	0.02	0.45^ac	0.02
Cortical density (%)	100	0.04	100	0.14	99	0.17	99	0.25	100	0.11	100	0.12
Callus width (mm)	0.50	0.04	0.48	0.03	0.51	0.03	0.51	0.08	0.47	0.04	0.40	0.02
Callus density (%)	79^a	2	68^b	2	62^b	3	66^b	3	66^b	3	66^b	3
Dorsal
Cortical width (mm)	0.51	0.05	0.55	0.03	0.62	0.04	0.59	0.02	0.56	0.04	0.64	0.03
Cortical density (%)	100	0.09	100	0.10	99	0.24	99	0.36	100	0.14	100	0.08
Callus width (mm)	1.02	0.14	0.79	0.08	0.90	0.07	0.86	0.05	0.78	0.05	0.95	0.07
Callus density (%)	83^a	2	76^ab	3	66^c	3	73^b	2	74^b	3	76^ab	2
Endosteal
Callus density (%)	82	3	67	3	62	3	62	3	66	3	71	3
Trabecular density (%)	20^a	3	10^b	3	10^b	2	9^b	2	8^b	1	8^b	2
Trabecular width (μm)	5^a	0.3	4^b	0.3	3^b	0.2	3^b	0.2	4^b	0.3	3^b	0.2

^a–cBetween treatment groups, means with different superscripts differ significantly (P < 0.05, Scheffé test)