Table 1.
Tibial bone structural dimensions
Age (weeks) | Weeks post-surgery | Treatment | No. of animals | Tibial length (mm) | Cortical area (mm2) | Cavity area (mm2) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
10 | 2 | SHAM | 8 | 16.59 ± 0.11a | 0.47 ± 0.01 a,b | 0.30 ± 0.02 |
OVX | 4 | 16.52 ± 0.18 a | 0.31 ± 0.06 a,b | 0.31 ± 0.06 | ||
12 | 4 | SHAM | 16 | 16.98 ± 0.11 | 0.55 ± 0.02 | 0.29 ± 0.01 |
OVX | 12 | 17.24 ± 0.12 | 0.59 ± 0.02 | 0.33 ± 0.02 | ||
16 | 8 | SHAM | 10 | 17.06 ± 0.13 | 0.54 ± 0.01 | 0.30 ± 0.02 |
OVX | 7 | 17.23 ± 0.19 | 0.56 ± 0.01 | 0.32 ± 0.03 |
Two-way ANOVA followed by Bonferroni post hoc test, α = 0.05
aBoth treatments at 2 weeks post-surgery are different (p = 0.001) than 4 and 8 weeks post-surgery
bTreatments are different (p = 0.001) at 2 weeks post-surgery