Table 1.

Mean and standard deviation (SD) of body density of vertebrates on day 0 and 67 for different groups according to Hounsfield unit

Vertebra	Group *	No.	Baseline		Day 67
			Mean	SD	Mean	SD
12 th thoracic	OVX+PSO	8	570.83	84.97	705.78	98.39
	OVX	8	613.50	33.34	698.54	95.17
	SHAM+PSO	7	599.63	63.14	771.16	61.90
	SHAM	7	655.72	43.37	722.66	29.75
1 st lumbar	OVX+PSOa	8	568.00	62.85	579.46	67.14
	OVXa	8	612.80	32.59	530.02	59.90
	SHAM+PSOb	7	636.91	36.87	702.88	58.06
	SHAMb	7	644.72	32.89	716.30	63.79
2 nd lumbar	OVX+PSO	8	593.25	66.38	521.03	62.13
	OVX	8	627.66	36.70	538.60	59.18
	SHAM+PSO	7	604.00	82.87	696.85	74.50
	SHAM	7	644.72	76.35	629.12	67.42
3 rd lumbar	OVX+PSOa	8	574.50	67.11	531.10	67.39
	OVXab	8	626.80	47.91	540.75	78.16
	SHAM+PSOb	7	614.66	87.20	675.34	70.42
	SHAMab	7	633.25	83.57	620.98	14.22
4 th lumbar	OVX+PSO	8	588.91	83.32	565.05	73.61
	OVX	8	632.88	50.16	581.18	73.37
	SHAM+PSO	7	635.44	84.58	667.28	80.25
	SHAM	7	640.52	105.65	712.29	69.59
5 th lumbar	OVX+PSOa	8	583.93	77.12	582.73	80.72
	OVXab	8	666.44	51.05	558.88	71.86
	SHAM+PSOb	7	661.90	68.90	730.55	73.92
	SHAMb	7	678.97	73.64	678.30	37.30
6 th lumbar	OVX+PSOa	8	634.63	67.04	589.35	66.43
	OVXa	8	690.73	46.57	545.53	79.47
	SHAM+PSOb	7	670.63	55.74	740.89	92.36
	SHAMb	7	720.75	64.47	700.63	63.19
Sacrum	OVX+PSOa	8	661.38	88.46	632.77	91.71
	OVXab	8	706.03	75.26	611.92	71.53
	SHAM+PSOb	7	717.65	80.71	788.69	77.09
	SHAMab	7	752.60	65.84	689.27	26.14

^* OVX: Ovariectomized; PSO: Pomegranate seed oil; SHAM: Sham operated.

^ab For each vertebra, groups which are followed by different superscripts are significantly different (p < 0.05).