. 2019 Mar 21;99(7):3628–3634. doi: 10.1002/jsfa.9583

Table 3.

Bone mineral density (BMD) measures of the mid‐diaphysis of humerus and the mid‐diaphysis of femur, and the proximal, medial and distal parts of the metacarpal and metatarsal bones. BMD is shown as an overall total measure and for the trabecular and cortical part of the bone

		Diet^a				P‐value
	BMD	LP	MP	HP	SEM	Diet
Humerus, medial, mg cm⁻³	Trabecular	79^a	77^a	53^b	7.8	^*
	Cortical	880^a	1014^b	1025^b	19.3	***
	Overall	450^a	584^b	613^b	34.5	^*
Femur, medial, mg cm⁻³	Trabecular	55	65	56	5.2	NS
	Cortical	885^a	1036^b	1055^b	10.3	***
	Overall	367^a	597^b	600^b	24.3	***
Metacarpal:
Proximal, mg cm⁻³	Trabecular	197	180	215	9.2	NS
	Cortical	528^a	587^b	561^c	6.4	***
	Overall	275^a	379^b	353^c	4.8	***
Medial, mg cm⁻³	Trabecular	31	30	37	3.9	NS
	Cortical	740^a	856^b	871^b	11.0	***
	Overall	251^a	375^b	369^b	6.9	***
Distal, mg cm⁻³	Trabecular	276^a	302^b	302^b	2.4	***
	Cortical	475^a	554^b	556^b	7.2	***
	Overall	301^a	450^b	456^b	9.8	***
Metatarsal:
Proximal, mg cm⁻³	Trabecular	161^ab	191^a	131^b	14.2	^*
	Cortical	563^a	644^b	629^b	18.6	^*
	Overall	218^a	305^b	300^b	9.2	***
Medial, mg cm⁻³	Trabecular	56	48	65	15.7	NS
	Cortical	825	887	919	25.3	NS
	Overall	232^a	344^b	343^b	13.8	***
Distal, mg cm⁻³	Trabecular	259^a	314^b	298^ab	13.6	^*
	Cortical	509	567	539	23.4	NS
	Overall	275^a	422^b	412^b	11.7	***

LP, low‐phosphorus diet; MP, medium‐phosphorus diet; HP, high‐phosphorus diet.

P < 0.05,

^***

P < 0.001.

^a,b,cValues within a row with unlike lower‐case superscript letters were significantly different.

NS, not significant.