TABLE 4.

Quantitative Measures of Bone Quality by Vitamin-D Dietary Groups

Rat Chow Diet	0 IU/g Vitamin D deficient D, ‘DD’	2.25 IU/g Vitamin D insufficient D, ‘ID’	5 IU/g Vitamin-D sufficient D, ‘CD’	40 IU/g Vitamin-D hyper-vitamin D, ‘HD’	p-value
Biomechanical Stiffness (Nmm/mm) , average ± sd	463.99±76.67 (n=5)	385.67 ± 75.78 (n=7)	494.04±86.17 (n=8)	503.91 ± 67.44 (n=10)	p<0.01
U.CT Bone Mineral Density (BMD), average ± sd	409.98±58.40	422.36±37.11	441.00±40.53	483.83±56.50	p<0.01
U.CT Mineralized Bone Volume (BV) average ± sd	575.58 ± 81.00	488.27 ± 87.27	512.97 ± 110.14	651.61 ± 162.71	P<0.01
U.CT Bone Volume Measures (BS/BV), average ± sd	4.91±0.86	4.81±0.51	4.44±0.48	3.83 ± 0.65	p<0.01
U.CT Bone Volume Fraction (BV/TV), average ± sd	0.71±0.09	0.74±0.051	0.76±0.05	0.81 ± 0.05	p<0.01

For pairwise comparison: **p<0.05, Tukey stiffness: HD vs.ID, CD vs.ID; ** p<0.05, Tukey: BMD: HD vs. ID, HD vs. DD; ** p<0.05, Tukey: μ.CT BV: HD vs.CD, HD vs. ID; **p<0.05, Tukey: μCT BS/BV: HD vs. ID, HD vs. DD; ** p<0.05 Tukey: μ.CT BV/TV: HD vs. ID, HD vs. DD.