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. 2014 Dec 6;14(4):315–324. doi: 10.1007/s40268-014-0069-1

Table 4.

Serum markers of bone turnover

Parameter Study treatment
Control (n = 16) SrRan (n = 16) SrRan + AD3 (n = 16)
Pre-therapy Post-therapy Pre-therapy Post-therapy Pre-therapy Post-therapy
β-CrossLaps (ng/ml, mean ± SD) 0.500 ± 0.16 0.482 ± 0.16 0.481 ± 0.16 0.384 ± 0.11 0.472 ± 0.04 0.292 ± 0.03
P = 0.30 P = 0.04 P < 0.0001
P c = 0.03 P c < 0.001
P SR = 0.008
 Median (IQR) 0.496 (0.387–0.619) 0.470 (0.369–0.598) 0.480 (0.370–0.539) 0.421 (0.294–0.432) 0.476 (0.439–0.491) 0.302 (0.261–0.314)
 % Change (↓ ↑) 3.54 ↓ 18.7 ↓ 37.7 ↓
TP1NP (ng/nl, mean ± SD) 0.294 ± 0.06 0.304 ± 0.11 0.304 ± 0.07 0.414 ± 0.10 0.304 ± 0.07 0.458 ± 0.11
P = 0.42 P < 0.0001 P < 0.0001
P c = 0.001 P c < 0.001
P SR = 0.10
 Median (IQR) 0.272 (0.254–0.324) 0.274 (0.242–0.336) 0.279 (0.261–0.327) 0.391 (0.354–0.451) 0.278 (0.260–0.324) 0.433 (0.383–0.508)
 % Change (↓ ↑) 3.74 ↑ 35.9 ↑ 51.4 ↑
PTH (pg/ml, mean ± SD) 68.2 ± 14.5 66.7 ± 14.5 69.4 ± 7.69 65.4 ± 8.35 71.1 ± 9.53 64.6 ± 9.74
P = 0.16 P = 0.17 P = 0.03
P c = 0.28
P SR = 0.46
 Median (IQR) 66.7 (62.7–80.7) 64.9 (60.2–79.7) 68.6 (63.4–72.9) 65.1 (59.4–69.2) 71.7 (63.4–75.6) 62.9 (60.2–67.9)
 % Change (↓ ↑) 2.26 ↓ 5.84 ↓ 9.29 ↓

AD 3 alfacalcidol, IQR interquartile range (25th–75th percentiles), P compared with parameter before therapy, P c compared with parameter in the control group, P SR compared with parameter in SrRan group after therapy, PTH parathyroid hormone, SD standard deviation, SrRan strontium ranelate, TP1NP type 1 procollagen total N-terminal propeptide