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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Apr 9.
Published in final edited form as: J Musculoskelet Neuronal Interact. 2014 Jun;14(2):229–238.

Table 2.

Absolute and relative changes in body composition, areal BMD, volumetric BMD, bone strength, bone markers, parathyroid hormone (PTH), 25-hydroxy (25-OH) vitamin D and aerobic power in response to the exercise-induced weight loss intervention (n=14).

Baseline 4 Months Mean Change (95% CI) (% Change) p value
Body Composition (kg)
 Total Mass 83.8±16.0 80.9±16.8 −3.0 (−4.40,−1.39) (−3.7%) 0.001
 Fat Mass 34.8±9.2 32.5±10.0 −2.3 (−3.49,−1.09) (−7.3%) 0.001
 Fat-free Mass 49.0±7.5 48.4±7.7 −0.6 (−1.26,0.05) (−1.3%) 0.07

Areal BMD (g/cm2f)
 Hip 0.952±0.152 0.942±0.155 −0.010 (−0.020,0.001) (−0.1%) 0.07
 Femoral Neck 0.789±0.129 0.788±0.135 −0.001 (−0.014,0.013) (−1.1%) 0.94
 Trochanter 0.719±0.134 0.711±0.138 −0.008 (−0.019,0.003) (−1.3%) 0.13
 Subtrochanter 1.129±0.173 1.117±0.176 −0.011 (−0.025,0.003) (−1.0%) 0.10

Volumetric BMD (g/cm3)
 Total Hip 290.0±50.0 287.1±42.6 −2.9 (−14.5,8.7) (−0.5%) 0.60
 Cortical 860.1±55.4 841.7±71.8 −18.4 (−51.9,15.0) (−2.1%) 0.26
 Trabecular 132.9±25.3 132.7±22.2 −0.2(−5.5,5.0) (0.3 %) 0.93
 Total Neck 287.2±57.8 288.6±48.9 1.4 (−13.7,16.5) (1.2 %) 0.84
 Cortical 922.6±105.0 909.2±109.9 −13.4 (−68.3,41.4) (−1.1%) 0.61
 Trabecular 129.4±22.4 128.2±19.5 1.3 (−6.3,3.8) (−0.6%) 0.60

Bone Strength (Femoral Neck)
 CSMImax (mgxcm) 3406±2710 1944±594 −1462 (−3085,160) (−19.0%) 0.07
 SMmax(cm3) 7.0±4.0 4.6±0.8 −2.4 (−4.8,−0.1) (−17.4%) 0.05
 CSMImin (mgxcm) 1725±560 1565±510 −159(−459, 140) (−5.4%) 0.27
 SMmin (cm3) 5.0±1.4 4.5±0.8 −0.6 (−1.4, 0.2) (−7.1%) 0.12

Bone Markers
 CTX (ng/mL) 0.5±0.2 0.6±0.2 0.1 (−0.1,0.2) (20.1%) 0.37
 BAP (U/L) 25.4±7.0 25.2±6.4 −0.2 (−1.7,1.3) (−0.1%) 0.76

PTH (pg/mL) 45.1±6.8 41.0±11.8 −4.1 (−11.6,3.4) (−7.5%) 0.26

Vitamin D (25OH) (ng/mL) 28.1±10.9 30.6±10.3 2.43(−1.7,6.6) (14.0%) 0.22

Maximal Aerobic Power
 VO2 (mL/kg/min) 25.4±3.6 29.3±5.4 3.9 (1.5, 6.3) (15.9%) 0.004
 VO2 (L/min) 2.12±0.41 2.35±0.44 0.23 (0.08, 0.38) (11.8%) 0.006

P values are based on a paired t test. BMD: bone mineral density; CSMImax: cross-sectional moment of inertia, strong axis of bone; CSMImin: cross-sectional moment of inertia, weak axis of bone; Zmax: section modulus, strong axis of bone; Zmin: section modulus, weak axis of bone.