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. 2014 Aug 20;9:78. doi: 10.1186/s13018-014-0078-3

Table 1.

Serum levels of M-CSF, RANKL and OPG

Item Time (weeks) A B C D E
MCSF (pg/ml)
 4
 234.08 ± 82.08
 116.61 ± 92.67
 151.27 ± 81.22
 246.76 ± 97.41
 411.85 ± 123.73
 
 8
 231.36 ± 85.53*
 138.82 ± 95.76*
 376.30 ± 128.19*
 259.64 ± 88.97*
 589.62 ± 147.85**
 
 12
 232.56 ± 88.13
 228.27 ± 76.63
 250.77 ± 95.40
 248.09 ± 93.52
 258.87 ± 89.86
RANKL (ng/ml)
 4
 0.034 ± 0.025#
 0.079 ± 0.038#
 0.138 ± 0.059#
 0.068 ± 0.017#
 0.228 ± 0.085##
 
 8
 0.041 ± 0.017
 0.084 ± 0.041
 0.178 ± 0.022
 0.052 ± 0.028
 0.160 ± 0.059
 
 12
 0.058 ± 0.013
 0.072 ± 0.038
 0.153 ± 0.027
 0.053 ± 0.011
 0.105 ± 0.042
OPG (ng/ml)
 4
 1.415 ± 0.312※
 1.492 ± 0.391※
 1.734 ± 0.778※
 1.324 ± 0.773※
 2.688 ± 0.615※※
 
 8
 1.665 ± 0.597
 1.542 ± 0.363
 1.376 ± 0.369
 1.486 ± 0.598
 1.359 ± 0.517
  12 1.672 ± 0.476 1.403 ± 0.624 1.241 ± 0.134 1.461 ± 0.708 1.288 ± 0.612

There were difference in the groups of * compared to **, # compared to ## and ※ compared to ※※, P < 0.01.

Mean ± SD.