Table 5. Comparison of the study and control groups with respect to bone density scores by unpaired t-test .

Groups	3rd day		1 month		3 months		6 months		Changes from 3rd day to
									1 month		3 months		6 months
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Study	126.06	3.95	128.96	4.12	131.24	4.33	135.67	4.04	2.90	0.90	5.19	1.33	9.61	1.45
Control	127.18	4.44	129.03	4.62	131.21	4.78	133.80	4.97	1.86	1.30	4.03	1.49	6.62	2.34
t-value	-0.8444		-0.0549		0.0232		1.3057		2.9572		2.5903		4.8573
P-value	0.4037		0.9565		0.9816		0.1995		0.0053*		0.0135*		0.00001*

*P<0.05, # applied paired t-test