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. 2020;20(4):445–471.

Table 5.

Pre-post group difference on pQCT bone health parameters.

Baseline Post-intervention
M SD M SD dcohen d 95% Confidence Interval T-test statistic P-value
Age (years) 14.06 1.28 14.45 1.25 12.07b 4.62a *<0.001
Height (cm) 163.81 10.55 165.89 10.05 0.20 -0.32 to 0.73 -0.75 0.454
Weight (kg) 61.40 14.94 63.75 14.78 12.10b 0.64a 0.523
Fat/Muscle area ratio 60.75 42.29 35.16 2.08 -0.86 -1.40 to -0.31 0.90 0.534
Bone/Muscle area ratio 40.72 52.86 35.11 42.19 -0.12 -0.64 to 0.41 1.07 0.363
T4
Mass (g/cm) 3.14 0.64 3.17 0.58 0.05 -0.48 to 0.57 -0.46 0.647
Total area (mm2) 1144.14 184.16 1159.49 178.54 0.09 -0.44 to 0.61 -0.69 0.497
Total density (mg/cm3) 273.89 31.37 273.79 34.48 0.00 -0.53 to 0.52 0.03 0.976
Trabecular density Z- score -0.13 1.41 -0.65 2.16 -0.29 -0.81 to 0.24 1.07 0.290
T66
Mass (g/cm) 3.15 0.61 3.28 0.53 0.23 -0.30 to 0.75 -2.75 *0.010
Cortical area (mm2) 235.15 61.35 247.89 47.49 12.09b 2.45a *0.014
Total area (mm2) 614.78 144.53 595.00 103.56 12.10b 0.48a 0.633
Cortical density (mg/cm3) 1038.12 50.76 1049.26 38.45 0.25 -0.28 to 0.77 -0.93 0.359
SSI (mm3) 1745.89 363.21 1745.31 478.77 0.00 -0.53 to 0.52 0.01 0.992
Fracture load X3N 4476.34 1094.24 4609.13 1312.96 0.11 -0.41 to 0.63 -1.31 0.202
Fracture load Y3N 3343.28 754.31 3230.69 853.56 -0.14 -0.66 to 0.39 0.93 0.363
Cortical area Z-score -1.14 1.66 -0.96 1.18 0.13 -0.40 to 0.65 -0.47 0.638
Cortical density Z-score -0.03 1.29 0.18 0.86 0.19 -0.33 to 0.72 -0.69 0.495
SSI Z-score -0.64 0.97 -0.81 1.13 -0.16 -0.69 to 0.36 0.61 0.546
Cortical area to total area ratio 21.43 5.99 22.55 5.09 0.20 -0.32 to 0.73 -1.86 0.071
a

=Related samples Wilcoxon signed rank test,

b

=eta squared.