Table 5.

Calcium:phosphorus ratio in three sections of the humerus and femur

	Dieta				P‐value
	LP	MP	HP	SEM	Diet
Humerus:
Proximal	2.19a	2.09b	2.08b	0.008	***
Medial	2.22a	2.12b	2.11b	0.004	***
Distal	2.22a	2.11b	2.10b	0.007	***
Femur:
Proximal	2.19a	2.09b	2.09b	0.008	***
Medial	2.22a	2.12b	2.10b	0.006	***
Distal	2.20a	2.09b	2.08b	0.008	***

^aLP, low‐phosphorus diet; MP, medium‐phosphorus diet; HP, high‐phosphorus diet.

^*** P < 0.001.

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