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. 2013 May 30;139(2):441–451. doi: 10.1007/s10549-013-2573-3

Table 7.

Bone and lipid markers

Baseline Mean % change from baseline (SD)
Week 8 Week 16 Week 24 End of study
Exemestane
 Bone
  n 149 131 114 107 132
  BAP, μg/L 32.4 (19.4) 11.1 (30.9) 4.4 (35.9) 6.9 (40.8) 13.7 (46.6)
  NTx, nmola 16.2 (7.7) 4.63 (35.7) 3.8 (37.5) 8.4 (42.0) 13.3 (47.2)
 Lipid
  n 149 131 114 107 144
  TC, mg/dL 207.5 (34.9) −2.0 (12.7) −1.6 (12.7) −1.4 (11.9) −1.9 (15.3)
  HDL-C, mg/dL 57.1 (14.0) −6.1 (15.5) −7.3 (13.9) −6.2 (13.7) −8.6 (15.0)
  LDL-C, mg/dL 127.9 (32.4) 4.9 (20.0) 5.9 (19.6) 4.9 (18.6) 3.5 (23.6)
  TG, mg/dL 135.3 (62.8) −12.3 (38.8) −8.4 (41.0) −13.3 (40.4) −11.5 (38.0)
Anastrozole
 Bone
  n 149 135 121 105 142
  BAP, μg/L 35.3 (30.7) 6.7 (28.2) 2.8 (33.5) 8.4 (41.2) 12.8 (47.3)
  NTx, nmola 17.6 (9.8) 2.2 (33.8) 5.4 (36.2) 1.8 (37.2) 12.6 (47.7)
 Lipid
  n 149 135 121 105 148
  TC, mg/dL 204.1 (35.3) 4.1 (13.1) 4.8 (13.7) 5.9 (14.3) 2.7 (15.1)
  HDL-C, mg/dL 58.5 (16.0) 1.7 (14.4) 3.7 (17.1) 4.8 (15.0) 1.5 (19.7)
  LDL-C, mg/dL 124.2 (32.5) 5.8 (19.6) 6.4 (18.7) 7.9 (22.6) 1.9 (22.1)
  TG, mg/dL 132.9 (67.5) 1.9 (39.2) 2.1 (46.8) −0.5 (40.4) 2.2 (42.6)

BAP bone alkaline phosphatase, HDL-C high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL-C low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, NTx type I collagen cross-linked N telopeptide, SD standard deviation, TC total cholesterol, TG triglyceride

aBone collagen equivalents/mmol creatinine