Table 3. Bone turnover markers in rats: Percentage change from baseline.

		Stroke	Control	p-value^
		Median (IQR)	Median (IQR)
CTX, %
	Day 7	-7.1 (-19.1, 24.7) n = 8	1.3 (-27.1, 24.0) n = 8	0.46
	Day 27	4.9 (-5.7, 30.5) n = 9	0.7 (-34.2, 27.4) n = 7	0.79
P1NP, %
	Day 7	-44.1 (-58.8,-26.1) n = 6	-23.8 (-35.7,-14.5) n = 6	0.42
	Day 27	-24.5 (-34.1,-10.5) n = 6^^	-0.8 (-3.4, 43.1) n = 5	0.41

CTX = Degradation products of C-terminal telopeptides of type 1 collagen, bone resorption marker. P1NP = N-terminal propeptide of type 1 procollagen, bone formation marker

^Wilcoxon rank-sum comparison between stroke and control animals

^^One-sample median test compared to baseline value, p = 0.046.