Table 3.

Pre and post-treatment mean values of BMD (g/cm²) and Z-scores for the study and control groups.

Character		Study group	Control group	T-Value	P-Value
		Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD
L1-L4 BMD (g/cm2)	Pre	0.69 ± 0.07	0.67 ± 0.08	0.56	0.57*
	Post	0.85 ± 0.04	0.72 ± 0.05	6.69	<0.001**
Effect size		Cohen’s d=2.87
L1-L4 Z-score	Pre	-1.65±0.44	-1.55 ± 0.39	-0.65	0.52*
	Post	-0.87 ± 0.33	-1.28 ± 0.37	3.2	0.003**
Effect size		Cohen’s d=1.17
Proximal Femur BMD (g/cm2)	Pre	0.53 ± 0.08	0.56 ± 0.06	-1.14	0.26*
	Post	0.75 ± 0.05	0.62 ± 0.04	7.23	<0.001**
Effect size		Cohen’s d=2.87
Proximal Femur Z-score	Pre	-0.83 ± 0.26	-0.77 ± 0.33	-0.61	0.55*
	Post	-0.41 ± 0.26	-0.57 ± 0.29	1.6	0.12*
Effect size		Cohen’s d=0.58

BMD: Bone Mineral Density. Level of significance at P<0.05.

^*Nonsignificant.

^**Significant.