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. 2014 Sep 18;2014:690123. doi: 10.1155/2014/690123

Table 2.

Effects of ovariectomy and obesity on DXA bone parameters of fourth lumbar (L4) vertebrae.

L/S L/O O/S O/O P value
BMA (cm2) 0.43 ± 0.012 0.41 ± 0.011 0.44 ± 0.017 0.43 ± 0.014 0.586
BMC (g) 0.097 ± 0.004ab 0.082 ± 0.003a 0.102 ± 0.005b 0.089 ± 0.005ab 0.030
BMD (g/cm2) 0.226 ± 0.004a 0.200 ± 0.002b 0.231 ± 0.004a 0.205 ± 0.007b <0.001

Values are mean ± SEM; n = 10 rats/group. Values that do not share the same superscript letters are significantly (P < 0.05) different from each other. n = 6 rats/group. L/S, lean (Lepr fa/+) sham-operated; L/O, lean (Lepr fa/+) ovariectomized; O/S, obese (Lepr fa/fa) sham-operated; and O/O, obese (Lepr fa/fa) ovariectomized.