Table 2. Results for bone stiffness, bone strength and cortical bone micro-structural parameters (Ct.Po, Ps.Pm, Ma.Ar, MMI, Ec.PM, Ct.Th) for each group evaluated.
| Mean ± Standard Deviation | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Groups | Stiffness (N/mm) | Strength (N) | Ct.Po (%) | Ps.Pm (μm) | Ma.Ar (μm2) | MMI (μm4) | Ec.Pm (μm) | Ct.Th (μm) |
| shOVX | 68280.0 ± 1571.6b | 1042.6 ± 32.1b | 1.4 ± 0.6 | 13557.6 ± 399.3b | 4.8E+06 ± 3.7E+05b | 1.2E+13 ± 1.4E+12 | 12275.2 ± 704.8 | 451.6 ± 20.0b |
| OVX-shWBV | 60974.0 ± 3311.8a | 934.2 ± 59.0a | 1.2 ± 0.4 | 13944.3 ± 493.8a | 5.9E+06 ± 4.6E+05a | 1.3E+13 ± 1.5E+12 | 13727.2 ± 1595.5 | 410.8 ± 25.2a |
| OVX-WBV | 58399.9 ± 3989.2a | 900.1 ± 63.5a | 1.0 ± 0.2 | 13265.2 ± 350.6b | 4.7E+06 ± 3.3E+05b | 1.2E+13 ± 1.1E+12 | 12027.7 ± 462.4 | 440.7 ± 23.3b |
| ALN-shWBV | 70596.1 ± 5729.3b | 1063.2 ± 79.8b | 1.9 ± 0.7a+b | 14231.8 ± 428.9a | 5.8E+06 ± 6.3E+05a | 1.5E+13 ± 1.9E+12a+b | 13604.8 ± 940.8 | 450.4 ± 16.7 b+c |
| ALN-WBV | 69834.2 ± 4804.4b | 1098.8 ± 69.8b | 1.9 ± 0.5a+b | 14296.5 ± 726.0a | 5.5E+06 ± 1.2E+06a | 1.6E+13 ± 2.4E+12a+b | 13498.0 ± 1846.6 | 483.6 ± 41.2 a+b |
Means ± SD followed by: “a” represents statistically significant difference from ShOVX; “b” represents statistically significant difference from the OVX-shWBV group; and “c” represents statistically significant difference between ALN-shWBV and ALN-WBV (p < 0.05).