Table 2.
Bone Assessments
| Months | Vertebral Findings |
DXA BMD Z Score Corrected |
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| Disc Space Narrowing |
Wedging |
Compression |
Irregularity |
Lumbara |
Whole Bodyb |
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| AI | GH | AI/GH | AI | GH | AI/GH | AI | GH | AI/GH | AI | GH | AI/GH | AI | GH | AI/GH | AI | GH | AI/GH | |
| 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.372 ± .187 | 0.488 ± .320 | 0.569 ± .309 | −0.328 ± .232 | −0.464 ± .312 | −0.062 ± .252 |
| 12 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.043 ± .181 | 0.243 ± .353 | 0.216 ± .312 | −0.583 ± .195 | −0.700 ± .309 | −0.448 ± .281 |
| 24 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −0.328 ± .227 | 0.243 ± .328 | 0.067 ± .306 | −1.061 ± .313 | −0.586 ± .244 | −0.605 ± .257 |
a
P value of mean difference among groups for lumbar spine: 0 months, .99; 12 months, .52; 24 months, .03. Within-group changes over time: AI, < .001; GH, .04; AI/GH, .001. Baseline, n = 76; 12 months, n = 72; 24 months, n = 62.
b
P value of mean difference among groups: 0 months, .93; 12 months, .46; 24 months, .906. Within-group changes over time: AI, .003; GH, .06; AI/GH, <.001.