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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Bone. 2015 Jan 10;74:48–57. doi: 10.1016/j.bone.2015.01.001

Table 2. Effect of GC and βEcd treatment on bone strength.

Vertebral compression test Femoral bending test
Max Load (N) Ultimate Stress (MPa) Toughness (kJ/mˆ2) Max Load (N) Ultimate Stress (MPa) Toughness kJ/mˆ2)
PL 20.2 ±3.7 3.32 ±0.7 0.51 ±0.1 13.1 ±2.1 182± 16 2.93 ± 0.9
PL+βEcd 30.9 ±3.8* 4.03 ±0.9* 0.59 ±0.1 16.1 ±3.5* 259±49* 3.21 ±1.0
GC 15.4 ±4.5* 2.70±0.7* 0.43 ±0.1* 13.4 ±2.5 175±23 2.24 ±0.4*
GC + βEcd 22.1 ±5.1* 3.54±1.2# 0.67 ±0.1# 15.6±1.8# 207 ± 6# 2.70 ±0.4#
*

,p < 0.05 vs. PL;

#

, P 0.05 vs. GC.