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. 2017 May 25;9(6):543. doi: 10.3390/nu9060543

Table 1.

Effect of the extract from the berries of Aronia melanocarpa (AE) on the geometric properties of the femur at the point of diaphysis fracture in the three-point bending test in rats exposed to cadmium (Cd).

Group Experiment Duration
3 Months 10 Months 17 Months 24 Months
WT (mm)
Control 0.718 ± 0.047 0.691 ± 0.010 0.786 ± 0.036 0.799 ± 0.018
AE 0.636 ± 0.021 0.693 ± 0.017 0.860 ± 0.034 0.798 ± 0.019
Cd1 0.613 ± 0.019 * 0.678 ± 0.018 0.848 ± 0.021 0.899 ± 0.038
Cd1 + AE 0.636 ± 0.032 * 0.744 ± 0.023 0.756 ± 0.158 0.826 ± 0.051
Cd5 0.591 ± 0.020 ** 0.721 ± 0.020 0.753 ± 0.023 0.819 ± 0.043
Cd5 + AE 0.633 ± 0.015 0.651 ± 0.020 †,‡‡ 0.821 ± 0.054 0.869 ± 0.028
CSA (mm2)
Control 7.610 ± 0.386 7.650 ± 0.083 9.114 ± 0.428 9.571 ± 0.247
AE 6.937 ± 0.365 7.642 ± 0.299 10.011 ± 0.478 9.082 ± 0.214
Cd1 6.419 ± 0.274 * 7.871 ± 0.235 9.788 ± 0.246 10.810 ± 0.275 *
Cd1 + AE 6.902 ± 0.335 8.362 ± 0.440 8.999 ± 0.250 9.926 ± 0.407
Cd5 6.602 ± 0.221 * 8.122 ± 0.286 8.485 ± 0.449 9.616 ± 0.457
Cd5 + AE 6.775 ± 0.278 7.277 ± 0.396 9.178 ± 0.584 10.039 ± 0.433
CSMI
Control 3.681 ± 0.208 4.342 ± 0.274 6.338 ± 0.382 8.615 ± 1.682
AE 4.080 ± 0.414 4.980 ± 0.472 7.660 ± 0.612 7.442 ± 0.175
Cd1 3.606 ± 0.168 4.882 ± 0.200 6.963 ± 0.609 9.850 ± 0.524
Cd1 + AE 3.778 ± 0.205 5.201 ± 0.381 7.061 ± 0.442 9.271 ± 0.200
Cd5 4.395 ± 0.390 4.793 ± 0.188 5.239 ± 0.516 8.943 ± 0.726
Cd5 + AE 3.721 ± 0.185 4.772 ± 0.356 5.801 ± 0.613 7.762 ± 0.670

Data are represented as mean ± SE for eight rats (except for seven animals in the AE, Cd1, and Cd5 groups after 24 months). Statistically significant differences (Anova, Duncan’s multiple range test) compared to the control group (* p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01), respective group receiving Cd alone ( p < 0.05), and respective group receiving 1 mg Cd/kg diet alone or with the AE ( p < 0.05, ‡‡ p < 0.01) are marked. WT, cortical width; CSA, cross-sectional area; CSMI, cross-sectional moment of inertia.