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. 2015 Aug 5;29(9):1269–1285. doi: 10.1210/me.2014-1406

Table 2.

PTH-Induced Bone Gain Data

WT
Nmp4−/−
Two-Way ANOVA P Values
VEH PTH VEH PTH Genotype Treatment Gene × Treat
Distal femur
    4 wk
        Conn.D (mm−3) 3.180 ± 3.870 33.230 ± 26.730 9.681 ± 15.979 67.533 ± 14.111 .0018 <.0001 .03
        SMI 3.752 ± 0.437 3.013 ± 0.384 3.472 ± 0.327 2.514 ± 0.113 .0025 <.0001 .36
        Tb.N (mm−1) 2.100 ± 0.519 2.441 ± 0.281 2.712 ± 0.241 2.833 ± 0.224 .0002 .06 .36
        Tb.Th (mm) 0.039 ± 0.010 0.042 ± 0.007 0.033 ± 0.003 0.044 ± 0.003 .54 .004 .09
        Tb.Sp (mm) 0.510 ± 0.157 0.409 ± 0.051 0.370 ± 0.036 0.342 ± 0.032 .0019 .04 .24
    8 wk
        Conn.D (mm−3) 3.123 ± 5.307 38.658 ± 14.910 0.982 ± 1.103 58.128 ± 13.570 .03 <.0001 .0064
        SMI 3.808 ± 0.479 2.470 ± 0.284 3.589 ± 0.218 2.262 ± 0.141 .05 <.0001 .96
        Tb.N (mm−1) 2.132 ± 0.297 2.164 ± 0.431 2.286 ± 0.145 2.552 ± 0.277 .02 .17 .28
        Tb.Th (mm) 0.037 ± 0.006 0.048 ± 0.005 0.030 ± 0.004 0.049 ± 0.003 .12 <.0001 .02
        Tb.Sp (mm) 0.476 ± 0.072 0.471 ± 0.109 0.438 ± 0.033 0.378 ± 0.045 .01 .20 .27
L5 vertebra
    4 wk
        Tb.N (mm−1) 3.453 ± 0.451 4.875 ± 0.587 3.891 ± 0.504 5.518 ± 0.381 .0049 <.0001 .56
        Tb.Th (mm) 0.051 ± 0.002 0.049 ± 0.002 0.054 ± 0.004 0.051 ± 0.001 .04 .03 .60
        Tb.Sp (mm) 0.246 ± 0.021 0.224 ± 0.030 0.229 ± 0.021 0.197 ± 0.021 .02 .0036 .52
    8 weeks
        Tb.N (mm−1) 4.046 ± 0.917 5.648 ± 1.191 3.627 ± 0.235 5.906 ± 0.754 .79 <.0001 .26
        Tb.Th (mm) 0.053 ± 0.003 0.049 ± 0.004 0.055 ± 0.001 0.054 ± 0.001 .0018 .0044 .09
        Tb.Sp (mm) 0.239 ± 0.021 0.206 ± 0.037 0.256 ± 0.020 0.186 ± 0.023 .86 <.0001 .05

μCT (distal femur and L5 vertebra) from ovx WT and ovx Nmp4−/− mice after 4 and 8 weeks of PTH/VEH therapy. Data are average ± SD, number of mice/experimental group = 8–9. Statistical significance was set at P ≤ .05, and differences were determined using a two-way ANOVA.