Table 1.
μCT analysis of subchondral bone. μCT analysis of the hind paws was carried out as described in “Material and methods.” Data are expressed as mean ± SEM of four animals for each group which was then analyzed by two-way ANOVA and Bonferroni post hoc test
Age (weeks) | GENOT. | BV/TV | BMD | Tb Th | Tb N | |||||
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Femur | 6 | WT | 32.42 ± 0.91 | p value = 0.089 | 0.3365 ± 0.010 | p value = 0.250 | 0.060 ± 0.001 | p value = 0.579 | 5.41 ± 0.071 | p value = 0.002 |
A2BRKO | 27.88 ± 2.02 | 0.3054 ± 0.022 | 0.059 ± 0.004 | 4.85 ± 0.078 | ||||||
12 | WT | 34.40 ± 2.14 | p value = 0.598 | 0.3924 ± 0.010 | p value = 0.015 | 0.065 ± 0.002 | p value = 0.377 | 5.25 ± 0.093 | p value = 0.038 | |
A2BRKO | 32.84 ± 0.63 | 0.357 ± 0.009 | 0.064 ± 0.001 | 4.95 ± 0.067 | ||||||
19 | WT | 36.07 ± 1.94 | p value = 0.743 | 0.3868 ± 0.019 | p value = 0.883 | 0.069 ± 0.002 | p value = 0.657 | 5.00 ± 0.110 | p value = 0.081 | |
A2BRKO | 37.06 ± 2.14 | 0.3989 ± 0.019 | 0.073 ± 0.004 | 4.76 ± 0.040 | ||||||
Tibia | 6 | WT | 35.93 ± 0.69 | p value = 0.017 | 0.3695 ± 0.004 | p value = 0.082 | 0.059 ± 0.006 | p value = 0.833 | 6.01 ± 0.126 | p value = 0.002 |
A2BRKO | 30.23 ± 1.59 | 0.3268 ± 0.020 | 0.0590.004 | 5.15 ± 0.118 | ||||||
12 | WT | 38.23 ± 1.71 | p value = 0.035 | 0.3979 ± 0.015 | p value = 0.016 | 0.065 ± 0.002 | p value = 0.8407 | 5.73 ± 0.215 | p value = 0.032 | |
A2BRKO | 31.27 ± 1.91 | 0.3382 ± 0.010 | 0.065 ± 0.001 | 4.94 ± 0.189 | ||||||
19 | WT | 35.77 ± 0.89 | p value = 0.502 | 0.3900 ± 0.008 | p value = 0.577 | 0.069 ± 0.002 | p value = 0.984 | 5.17 ± 0.218 | p value = 0.435 | |
A2BRKO | 34.37 ± 1.74 | 0.4048 ± 0.024 | 0.069 ± 0.003 | 4.94 ± 0.082 |
Italicized numbers indicate values with a statistically significant p-value