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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2014 Nov;46(11):2107–2112. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000000342

Table 1.

Bone and marrow tissue mass.

Mass, mg
Tissue SED ET
Femur
Proximal metaphysis and epiphysis 403 ± 31 435 ± 59
Distal metaphysis and epiphysis 385 ± 50 390 ± 8
Diaphysis 337 ± 35 299 ± 15
Diaphyseal marrow 50 ± 9 90 ± 44
Tibia
Proximal metaphysis and epiphysis 356 ± 27 322 ± 22
Distal metaphysis and epiphysis 180 ± 11 161 ± 5
Diaphysis 362 ± 25 321 ± 4*
Diaphyseal marrow 22 ± 4 29 ± 4
Fibula 73 ± 4 63 ± 5

All values are means ± SE.

*

Exercise trained (ET) mean different from sedentary (SED) mean, P<0.05.