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. 2016 Sep;16(3):798–808. doi: 10.4314/ahs.v16i3.21

Table (4).

Mean value and significance of serum calcium and parathyroid hormone, BMD of lumbar spine, BMD of radius, HDL-c, LDL-c, TG, BMI, Leptin, TNF-α, IL-2, IL-4 and IL-6 in group (A) and group (B) at the end of the study.

Mean ± SD T-value Significance
Group (A) Group (B)
Serum
Calcium(ng/dl)
0.6.1± 1.1.7* 8.96
± 1.19
6.87 P <0.0.5
Parathyroid
Hormone (ng/dl)
12.26± 2.34* 14.72
±2.11
6.76 P < 0.05
HHDDL-c (mg/dl) 37.92 ± 4.58* 34.12 ±
5.13
8.68 P < 0.05
BMD of lumbar
spine (mg/cm)
150.32± 8.37* 120.47±
7.87
8.57 P < 0.05
BMD of
radius(mg/cm)
311.3.6± 11.35* 265.9.6± 9.73 7.24 P < 0.05
LDDL-c (mg/dl 120.32 ± 11.45* 133.34 ±
12.05
8.63 P < 0.05
TG (mg/dl) 127.73 ± 11.2.7* 155.15 ±
11.64
9.11 P < 0.05
BMI (Kg/m2) 4.4831.41* 34.88 4.12 9.42 P < 0.05
Leptin (Ng/ml) 4.4635.21* 40.12 ±
3.64
7.53 P < 0.05
TNF-α (pg/mL) 4.22 ± 1.14* 5.87 ±
1.33
6.65 P < 0.05
IL-2 (pg/mL) 4.42 ± 1.57* 7.93 ± 2.006 5.71 P < 0.05
IL-4(pg/mL) 3.41± 1.26* 5.35 ± 1.41 5.58 P < 0.05
IL-6(pg/mL) 5.34 ± 1.85* 8.82 ±
2.13
6.46 P < 0.05

BMD: Bone marrow density; HDL-c: High density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-c: Low density lipoprotein cholesterol; TG: Triglyceride; BMI: Body Mass index; TNF-α = tumor necrosis factor - alpha; IL-2: Interleukin-2; IL-4: Interleukin-4; IL-6: Interleukin-6;

(*)

indicates a significant difference, P < 0.05.