Table 5.

Ashes and organic femur content; ashes/organic ratio, Ca and P femur content and femur Ca/P ratio.

	SHAM	OVX	FOS	PDX
Ashes content (mg/100 g BW)	72.3 ± 2.4	44.1 ± 2.5*	51.2 ± 11.5∗,#	54.8 ± 1.9∗,#
Organic content (mg/100 g BW)	74.4 ± 1.2	55.9 ± 2.4*	57.2 ± 1.5*	55.2 ± 1.9*
Ashes/Organic ratio (mg/mg)	0.98 ± 0.22	0.79 ± 0.08*	0.89 ± 0.04#	0.93 ± 0.16#
Femoral Ca content (mg/100 g BW)	29.9 ± 3.6	15.4 ± 4.1*	18.7 ± 2.2∗,#	20.4 ± 1.2∗,#
Femoral P content (mg/100 g BW)	15.1 ± 3.3	7.6 ± 1.6*	9.5 ± 1.1∗,#	10.2 ± 1.2∗,#
Femoral Ca/P ratio (mg/mg)	2.01 ± 0.11	2.00 ± 0.12	2.07 ± 0.20	2.11 ± 0.25

Femur parameters were determined at the end of the experience. Data are expressed as mean ± SD. ^* P < 0.05 versus SHAM group; ^* P < 0.05 versus SHAM. Differences were analyzed by Bonferroni test after ANOVA.