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. 2020;20(4):445–471.

Appendix A.

GEE modelling showing relationships between changes in bone health and potential mediators.

β SE β 95% Confidence interval p
T4 Mass
Pre/Posta -0.09 0.10 -0.29 to 0.10 0.348
Sexb 0.23 0.16 -0.08 to 0.54 0.146
Puberty score -0.11 0.07 -0.25 to 0.03 0.108
Age -0.02 0.13 -0.27 to 0.23 0.870
Height 0.01 0.09 0.00 to 0.03 0.122
Weight 0.02 0.01 0.00 to 0.04 0.056
1 RM leg press 0.00 0.004 -0.01 to 0.01 0.844
Vertical jump 0.02 0.01 0.00 to 0.05 0.074
Standing broad jump 0.00 0.01 -0.02 to 0.02 0.694
NDI 0.00 0.004 -0.01 to 0.01 0.701
T4 Total area
Pre/Posta -54.02 22.68 -98.47 to -9.57 *0.017
Sexb 116.94 43.42 31.84 to 202.04 *0.007
Puberty score -23.64 15.15 -53.34 to 6.06 0.119
Age 20.28 39.61 -57.36 to 97.91 0.609
Height 6.29 2.56 1.29 to 11.31 *0.014
Weight -1.23 2.26 -5.66 to 3.21 0.587
1 RM leg press -1.09 0.83 -2.72 to 0.53 0.188
Vertical jump 6.69 3.57 -0.29 to 13.69 0.060
Standing broad jump -4.14 3.87 -11.72 to 3.44 0.285
NDI 2.29 1.14 0.06 to 4.53 *0.044
T4 Total density
Pre/Posta 4.23 6.13 -7.79 to 16.25 0.490
Sexb -10.05 6.83 -23.44 to 3.34 0.141
Puberty score -2.46 3.17 -8.64 to 3.81 0.447
Age -7.56 5.76 -18.86 to 3.74 0.190
Height -0.15 0.48 -1.11 to 0.80 0.754
Weight 1.88 0.45 1.00 to 2.77 *<0.001
1 RM leg press 0.23 0.22 -0.19 to 0.65 0.287
Vertical jump 0.33 0.27 -0.99 to 1.66 0.624
Standing broad jump 0.79 0.45 -0.08 to 1.66 0.076
NDI -0.64 0.32 -1.25 to -0.02 *0.044
T4 Trabecular density
Pre/Posta 5.67 8.61 -11.21 to 22.55 0.510
Sexb 6.59 8.53 -10.12 to 23.31 0.439
Puberty score -4.83 3.69 -12.06 to 2.39 0.190
Age -15.53 7.18 -29.60 to -1.47 *0.030
Height 0.61 0.54 -0.44 to 1.66 0.256
Weight 1.46 0.50 0.47 to 2.44 *0.004
1 RM leg press 0.45 0.25 -0.05 to 0.95 0.079
Vertical jump 0.89 0.94 -0.95 to 2.75 0.341
Standing broad jump -0.06 0.69 -1.42 to 1.29 0.929
NDI -0.69 0.32 -1.32 to -0.08 *0.028
T4 Trabecular density Z score
Pre/Posta 0.72 0.81 -0.87 to 2.32 0.374
Puberty score -0.28 0.22 -0.70 to 0.14 0.190
Age -0.83 0.40 -1.61 to -0.04 *0.039
Weight 0.05 0.02 0.01 to 0.09 *0.016
1 RM leg press 0.03 0.02 -0.01 to 0.06 0.105
Vertical jump 0.07 0.06 -0.06 to 0.19 0.304
Standing broad jump 0.00 0.03 -0.06 to 0.06 0.997
NDI -0.04 0.02 -0.08 to 0.00 *0.049
T66 Mass
Pre/Posta -0.02 0.08 -0.18 to 0.14 0.783
Sexb -0.40 0.17 -0.74 to -0.07 *0.019
Puberty score 0.00 0.06 -0.13 to 0.12 0.949
Age 0.58 0.17 0.25 to 0.91 *<0.001
Height -0.01 0.01 -0.03 to 0.01 0.281
Weight 0.01 0.01 -0.01 to 0.03 0.357
1 RM leg press -0.01 0.004 -0.01 to 0.00 0.137
Vertical jump 0.01 0.01 -0.01 to 0.03 0.373
Standing broad jump -0.01 0.01 -0.03 to 0.01 0.302
NDI 0.01 0.01 0.00 to 0.02 *0.044
T66 SSI
Pre/Posta 111.08 70.30 -26.71 to 248.88 0.114
Sexb -180.33 135.79 -446.48 to 85.82 0.184
Puberty score 10.32 46.17 -80.17 to 100.80 0.823
Age 135.27 115.95 -91.99 to 365.53 0.243
Height 0.86 9.47 -17.71 to 19.43 0.928
Weight 9.57 6.34 -2.86 to 21.99 0.131
1RM leg press -3.28 3.02 -9.19 to 2.63 0.277
Vertical jump 10.15 11.75 -12.87 to 33.19 0.387
Standing broad jump 0.85 8.39 -15.59 to 17.28 0.920
NDI 2.76 3.65 -4.39 to 9.90 0.450
T66 SSI Z score
Pre/Posta -0.28 0.22 -1.04 to 0.35 0.203
Puberty score 0.04 0.17 0.30 to 0.38 0.824
Age -0.35 0.35 -1.04 to 0.35 0.327
Weight 0.02 0.02 -0.02 to 0.06 0.270
1RM leg press 0.00 0.01 -0.02 to 0.02 0.804
Vertical jump 0.03 0.03 -0.03 to 0.09 0.290
Standing broad jump 0.00 0.02 -0.05 to 0.05 0.998
NDI 0.00 0.02 -0.03 to 0.03 0.909
T66 Total area
Pre/Posta 37.08 33.62 -28.81 to 102.98 0.270
Sexb 7.82 48.15 -86.56 to 102.19 0.871
Puberty score -7.82 18.14 -42.58 to 28.52 0.698
Age 51.29 38.33 -23.82 to 126.41 0.181
Height -3.04 2.15 -7.25 to 1.16 0.156
Weight 3.24 2.93 -2.50 to 8.97 0.269
1RM leg press -0.84 0.85 -2.51 to 0.82 0.321
Vertical jump -1.85 3.22 -8.16 to 4.46 0.566
Standing broad jump -0.34 2.32 -4.88 to 4.21 0.885
NDI 1.48 1.69 -1.84 to 4.79 0.382
T66 Cortical density
Pre/Posta -2.68 10.20 -22.67 to 17.32 0.793
Sexb -39.82 10.61 -60.62 to -19.02 *<0.001
Puberty score -1.91 4.55 -10.82 to 7.00 0.674
Age 13.32 8.34 -3.04 to 29.67 0.110
Height -0.30 0.49 -1.27 to 0.67 0.544
Weight 0.09 0.67 -1.22 to 1.40 0.893
1 RM leg press 0.56 0.23 0.11 to 1.01 *0.015
Vertical jump 1.71 1.26 -0.76 to 4.18 0.175
Standing broad jump -0.10 0.67 -1.41 to 1.22 0.888
NDI -0.55 0.49 -1.52 to 0.42 0.267
T66 Cortical density Z score
Pre/Posta -0.06 0.27 -0.58 to 0.47 0.835
Puberty score 0.02 0.14 -0.26 to 0.31 0.869
Age -0.06 0.26 -0.46 to 0.57 0.831
Weight -0.02 0.02 -0.06 to 0.02 0.335
1 RM leg press 0.02 0.01 0.001 to 0.03 *0.037
Vertical jump 0.03 0.04 -0.04 to 0.10 0.382
Standing broad jump 0.01 0.02 -0.03 to 0.06 0.635
NDI -0.02 0.01 -0.04 to 0.01 0.246
T66 Cortical area
Pre/Posta -3.38 9.50 -21.99 to 15.24 0.722
Sexb -27.19 16.82 -60.17 to 5.78 0.106
Puberty score -2.48 7.70 -17.57 to 12.62 0.748
Age 34.23 15.72 3.41 to 65.04 *0.029
Height 0.60 1.16 -1.68 to 2.88 0.607
Weight 0.66 0.92 -1.14 to 2.46 0.473
1RM leg press -0.21 0.36 -0.91 to 0.49 0.557
Vertical jump 2.01 0.99 0.06 to 3.95 *0.043
Standing broad jump -0.71 0.77 -2.24 to 0.81 0.359
NDI 0.53 0.59 -0.62 to 1.69 0.366
T66 Cortical area Z-score
Pre/Posta -0.16 0.31 -0.77 to 0.45 0.613
Puberty Score -0.08 0.26 -0.58 to 0.43 0.764
Age 0.16 0.52 -0.86 to 1.18 0.758
Weight 0.02 0.03 -0.04 to 0.08 0.597
1 RM leg press 0.01 0.01 -0.02 to 0.03 0.655
Vertical jump 0.07 0.04 -0.01 to 0.14 0.081
Standing broad jump -0.02 0.03 -0.07 to 0.03 0.467
NDI 0.01 0.02 -0.03 to 0.05 0.736
T66 Fracture load X3N
Pre/Posta 132.07 154.73 -171.20 to 435.34 0.393
Sexb -766.77 338.21 -1429.64 to -103.91 *0.023
Puberty score -73.44 118.54 -305.77 to 158.89 0.536
Age 606.97 316.71 -13.78 to 1227.72 0.055
Height -4.25 22.52 -48.39 to 39.89 0.850
Weight 26.64 15.23 -3.21 to 56.48 0.080
1RM leg press -7.92 6.75 -21.15 to 5.30 0.240
Vertical jump 33.00 22.55 -11.19 to 77.20 0.143
Standing broad jump 6.58 15.49 -23.78 to 36.94 0.671
NDI 4.96 8.76 -12.21 to 22.14 0.571
T66 Fracture load Y3N
Pre/Posta 240.39 176.35 -105.25 to 586.03 0.173
Sexb -150.89 243.10 -627.37 to 325.58 0.535
Puberty score 113.34 96.31 -75.42 to 302.11 0.239
Age 320.16 200.73 -73.26 to 713.58 0.111
Height -1.02 16.40 -33.17 to 31.13 0.950
Weight 14.01 10.79 -7.14 to 35.17 0.194
1 RM leg press -13.51 6.34 -25.94 to -1.08 *0.033
Vertical jump 4.21 23.18 -41.23 to 49.66 0.856
Standing broad jump 3.49 16.42 -28.69 to 35.67 0.832
NDI 10.53 8.64 -6.41 to 27.46 0.223
a

Where pre-intervention is the comparison group and β=1;

b

Where male is the comparison group and β=1.