Table 3.
Means (grammes per square centimetre) and standard deviations of the bone mineral density (BMD) of above and below implant areas in tibiae with and without the local application of growth hormone (GH) in healthy (control) and osteoporotic (OVX) rabbits
| Animal group | 15d | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial | Modified | ||||
| Without GH | With GH | Without GH | With GH | ||
| Control | Above | 0.356 ± 0.017 | 0.368 ± 0.036 | 0.382 ± 0.006 | 0.351 ± 0.021 |
| Below | 0.366 ± 0.008 | 0.372 ± 0.029 | 0.374 ± 0.031 | 0.366 ± 0.015 | |
| OVX | Above | 0.308 ± 0.024 | 0.348 ± 0.019 | 0.357 ± 0.053 | 0.345 ± 0.027 |
| Below | 0.369 ± 0.027 | 0.343 ± 0.011 | 0.363 ± 0.032 | 0.330 ± 0.024 | |