Table 3.
Bone metabolism index analysis
| N | N-K1 | N-K2 | HF | HF-K1 | HF-K2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Osteocalcin (ng/ml) | 57.60 ± 4.17 | 53.64 ± 5.38 | 59.67 ± 5.11 | 41.84 ± 1.54* | 52.27 ± 5.54 | 51.02 ± 7.34 |
| CTx (ng/ml) | 24.52 ± 1.80 | 28.15 ± 1.37 | 29.56 ± 2.11 | 30.88 ± 2.14* | 29.60 ± 1.83 | 27.38 ± 1.63 |
| OPG (ng/ml) | 1.47 ± 0.42 | 1.67 ± 0.27 | 1.45 ± 0.20 | 2.31 ± 0.31 | 2.35 ± 0.12 | 2.90 ± 0.11 |
| RANKL (ng/ml) | 0.30 ± 0.03 | 0.32 ± 0.04 | 0.29 ± 0.03 | 0.40 ± 0.06b | 0.26 ± 0.02a | 0.21 ± 0.03#a |
| RANKL/OPG | 0.32 ± 0.08 | 0.22 ± 0.03 | 0.22 ± 0.04 | 0.21 ± 0.06b | 0.12 ± 0.01ab | 0.07 ± 0.01##a |
Values represent the means ± SEM (n = 7); Values are significantly different between the N and HF groups at *p<0.05 according to Mann-Whitney U test; The ANOVA test and data with different superscript letters within the same row are significantly different by Duncan test. #p<0.05; ##p<0.01.