Table 2.

Body-weight adjusted vBMD and BMC bone in aged mice following CF and MR diets for 12 weeks. Comparisons between same sex CF and MR were conducted using Student's unpaired t-test (n = 7–8/group).

	Aged males		Aged females
	CF	MR	CF	MR
vBMD (mg/cm3) to BW (g)
Cortical	25 ± 1.9⁎	34.2 ± 3.1⁎⁎⁎	41.5 ± 2.6	43 ± 1.7
Trabecular	12.1 ± 0.9⁎⁎	17.6 ± 1.6⁎⁎⁎	23.1 ± 1.2	23.1 ± 0.7
Total	21.9 ± 1.4	30.3 ± 2.9⁎⁎⁎	35.4 ± 2	36.8 ± 1.2
BMC (μg) to BW (g)
Cortical	19.5 ± 1.8	23.5 ± 1.3⁎⁎⁎	31 ± 2.5	30.3 ± 1.6
Trabecular	1.2 ± 0.3	1.6 ± 0.6	0.7 ± 0.3	0.8 ± 0.5
Total	435 ± 28	527 ± 35⁎⁎⁎	703 ± 53	663 ± 36

^⁎P < 0.05.

^⁎⁎P < 0.01.

^⁎⁎⁎P < 0.001.