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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jun 19.
Published in final edited form as: Osteoporos Int. 2012 Aug 21;24(4):1471–1481. doi: 10.1007/s00198-012-2103-x

Table 2.

Proximal tibia trabecular bone morphology and remodeling

Normal
CKD
One-way
ANOVA
Vehicle ZOL 100 µg ANOVA ZOL 20 µg ZOL 100 µg Calcium
BV/TV (%) 14.5±1.4 18.6±1.2 13.9±1.8 24.1±1.6#* 27.5±5.4#* 24.9±1.0#* 0.0002
Tb.N (#/mm) 1.54±0.12 2.08±0.09 * 1.41±0.18 2.52±0.16 #* 2.77±0.44 #* 2.49±0.08 #* <0.0001
Tb.Th (µm) 93 ±3 89±3 99±2 96±1 97±6 100±2 0.14
Single label in animal, no. of animals 8/8 7/7 6/6 7/7 5/5 6/6
Single label surface/bone surface (%) 23.5±1.5 5.3±1.2# 21.2±2.2 13.8±3.0#* 8.4±2.1#* 16.4±1.5# <0.0001
Double label in animal, # of animalsa 7/8 3/7 5/6 4/7 5/5 4/6
Single label in ROI, # of animals 7/7 3/3 5/5 4/4 5/5 4/4
Double label in ROI, # of animals 7/7 0/3 5/5 0/4 2/6 4/4
MAR (µm/day) 1.47±0.07 2.28±0.25# 0.66±0.13#* 1.19±0.12* 0.0002
BFR/BS (µm3/µm2/year) 38.3±4.5 88±12# 4.29±1.1#* 14.1±2.4#* <0.0001
Osteoid thickness (µm) 8.9±0.5 7.8±0.6 * 9.5±0.4 7.0±0.5 #* 7.3±0.5#* 6.6±0.4 #* 0.0010
Osteoclast surface/bone surface (%) 0.57±0.23 2.00±0.72 1.42±0.54 3.83±0.87 #* 3.30±1.22# 0.54±0.32 0.007

Data presented as mean ± SE

BV/TV bone volume per tissue volume, Tb.N trabecular number, Tb.Th trabecular thickness, MAR mineral apposition rate, MS/BS mineralizing surface per bone surface, BFR/BS bone formation rate per bone surface

a

Double labels were sought throughout three sections of the proximal tibia, both within and outside the measurement region of interest to confirm true administration of both labels, as well as in three sections of the cortical diaphysis on both periosteal and endocortical surfaces

#

p<0.05 versus normal vehicle group

*

p<0.05 versus CKD vehicle