Table I.
Bone parameter‡ | Control (n = 10) |
ΔFzd4 (n = 11) |
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Bone Structure | ||
Bone volume/tissue volume (BV/TV; %) | 13.17 ± 0.82 | 10.74 ± 0.68* |
Trabecular Thickness (μm) | 32.76 ± 1.81 | 29.35 ± 1.68 |
Trabecular Spacing (μm) | 212.24 ± 11.47 | 247.73 ± 11.47* |
Bone Formation | ||
Osteoid surface/bone surface (OS/BS; %) | 2.29 ± 0.85 | 2.17 ± 0.39 |
Osteoid thickness (O.Th; μm) | 2.87 ± 0.36 | 1.73 ± 0.19* |
Osteoblast surface/bone surface (Ob.S/BS; %) | 0.82 ± 0.30 | 1.89 ± 0.57 |
Osteoblast number/bone perimeter (NOb/BPm; no./mm) | 48.80 ± 14.18 | 130.72 ± 32.51* |
Bone Erosion | ||
Erosion surface/bone surface (ES/BS; %) | 2.40 ± 0.48 | 2.16 ± 0.42 |
Osteoclast surface (Oc.S/BS; %) | 2.17 ± 0.46 | 1.90 ± 0.37 |
Osteoclast number/bone perimeter (NOc/BPm; no./mm) | 80.10 ± 16.00 | 75.45 ± 14.29 |
Bone Dynamics | ||
Mineral apposition rate (MAR; μm/day) | 1.48 ± 0.07 | 1.07 ± 0.12* |
Mineralizing surface/bone surface (MS/BS; %) | 9.25 ± 0.86 | 8.44 ± 1.07 |
Bone formation rate/bone surface (BFR/BS; mm3/cm2/yr) | 51.36 ± 6.32 | 29.76 ± 3.23* |
Values are shown as mean ± SEM
p < 0.05