Table 3. Results of three point bending tests of femora from male and female 12 week old Dmp1^Cre:Socs3^f/f and Dmp1^Cre:Socs3^f/f:Il6st^f/f mice.

Data is mean ± SEM. *, p<0.05; **, p<0.01 vs Dmp1^Cre:Socs3^f/f by two-way ANOVA with Šidák post-hoc test.

Parameter	male		female
	Dmp1Cre:Socs3f/f	Dmp1Cre:Socs3f/f:Il6stf/f	Dmp1Cre:Socs3f/f	Dmp1Cre:Socs3f/f:Il6stf/f
Number of samples	9	11	10	9
Ultimate Force (N) Ultimate Deformation (mm) Yield Force (N) Yield Deformation (mm) Post-Yield Deformation (mm) Energy to Failure (mJ) Ultimate Stress (MPa) Ultimate Strain (%) Yield Stress (MPa) Yield Strain (%) Post-Yield Strain (%)	16.48 ± 0.69 0.304 ± 0.025 15.44 ± 1.75 0.240 ± 0.022 0.063 ± 0.018 2.61 ± 0.31 47.30 ± 4.69 0.033 ± 0.003 41.65 ± 5.20 0.026 ± 0.003 0.007 ± 0.002	15.31 ± 0.60 0.330 ± 0.02 11.29 ± 0.70** 0.212 ± 0.022 0.126 ± 0.019* 2.94 ± 0.25 39.67 ± 1.72 0.036 ± 0.003 28.97 ± 1.46* 0.023 ± 0.003 0.014 ± 0.002*	13.40 ± 0.25 0.350 ± 0.029 11.03 ± 0.58 0.282 ± 0.024 0.068 ± 0.013 2.34 ± 0.16 63.96 ± 2.39 0.034 ± 0.003 52.46 ± 3.02 0.028 ± 0.002 0.007 ± 0.001	13.79 ± 0.59 0.350 ± 0.019 10.19 ± 0.69 0.219 ± 0.026 0.152 ± 0.020** 2.99 ± 0.19* 54.29 ± 2.33 0.037 ± 0.002 40.42 ± 3.44 0.023 ± 0.003 0.016 ± 0.002**