Table 1. Presented are median and IQR.
Factor | Control (C) (n=10) | Fish oil (FO) group (n=20) | Sunflower oil (SFO) group (n=11) | Borage oil (B) group (n=12) | Overall p-value | Pair-wise comparisons p-values | |||||
C vs FO | C vs SFO | C vs B | FO vs SFO | FO vs B | SFO vs B | ||||||
MAT% | 32.7 (29.4, 36.6) | 20.5 (17.6, 22.6) | 22.0 (12.0, 30.6) | 24.6 (20.8, 28.1) | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.041 | 0.001 | 0.59 | 0.035 | 0.58 |
HBM% | 38.0 (35.3, 42.9) | 45.3 (38.8, 49.1) | 40.7 (32.5, 58.7) | 40.8 (37.6, 44.5) | 0.12 | NA* | NA* | NA* | NA* | NA* | NA* |
Bone% | 27.9 (26.9, 30.6) | 35.3 (32.5, 37.7) | 32.5 (29.4, 36.7) | 34.3 (32.6, 35.8) | 0.002 | <0.001 | 0.029 | 0.01 | 0.074 | 0.39 | 0.3 |
HBM/total marrow%, | 53.71 (48.8, 58.0) | 68.44 (63.3, 74.0) | 65.23 (53.6, 83.0) | 62.64 (58.1, 68.7) | 0.005 | <0.001 | 0.091 | 0.01 | 0.53 | 0.068 | 0.71 |
MAT/total marrow%, | 46.29 (42.0, 51.2) | 31.56 (26.0, 36.7) | 34.77 (17.0, 46.4) | 37.36 (31.3, 41.9) | 0.005 | <0.001 | 0.091 | 0.01 | 0.53 | 0.068 | 0.71 |
*Inter-group comparisons are not presented due to non-significant overall difference. However, it is worth noting that the mean HBM% of fish oil group is at least 12% higher than the other groups.
Due to adjustments for post-hoc pair-wise multiple comparisons (overall p-value), a p<=0.001 is considered statistically significant.