Table 1. Effect of chronic ICV ghrelin infusion on ex vivo BMD measurement of tibia, femur and spine by DXA.

	Control	Ghrelin Ad lib-fed	Ghrelin Pair-fed
Tibia ex vivo BMD (g/cm2)	0.119±0.002	0.125±0.004	0.127±0.003
Femur ex vivo BMD (g/cm2)	0.148±0.004	0.161±0.001 †	0.155±0.005
Spine ex vivo BMD (g/cm2)	0.154±0.002	0.158±0.003	0.157±0.003

^*P<0.05. †P<0.1. Mean±SEM.