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. 2013 Dec 9;8(12):e82815. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082815

Table 2. Comparison of the femoral proximal and distal ends bone mineral densities of the four groups.

Group 4-week postsurgery
 8-week postsurgery
 12-week postsurgery
pBMD dBMD pBMD dBMD pBMD dBMD
SHAM 0.214±0.018 0.250±0.028 0.256±0.008 0.315±0.016 0.265±0.017 0.314±0.016
OVX+NS 0.205±0.035 0.242±0.023 0.246±0.009a 0.274±0.029b 0.237±0.016b 0.277±0.008b
OVX+E 0.200±0.031 0.248±0.037 0.255±0.009 0.295±0.011ac 0.261±0.013d 0.313±0.018d
OVX+iCR 0.207±0.017 0.252±0.027 0.242±0.015be 0.284±0.014b 0.249±0.014a 0.292±0.014bcf

Comparison of bone mineral density (BMD, g/cm3) of the femoral proximal (pBMD) and distal ends (dBMD) in SHAM, OVX+NS, OVX+E and OVX+iCR groups at 4-, 8- and 12-week postoperation. Data represents the means ± standard deviation (SD ), n = 10 rats in each group. Compared with SHAM group, a means p<0.05, b means p<0.01; Compared with OVX+NS group, c means p<0.05, d means p<0.01; Comparison between OVX+iCR and OVX+E group, e means p<0.05, f means p<0.01.