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. 2020 Oct 29;29(4):1811–1824. doi: 10.1007/s00520-020-05830-1

Table 3.

Between-group comparisons for BMD

Follow-up (months) BMD outcome Mean change between groups (g/cm2) 95% CI p value
Cormie et al. (2015) [24] 3 Whole body − 0.002* − 0.013 to 0.009 0.692
Lumbar spine − 0.009* − 0.029 to 0.012 0.410
Femoral neck 0.000* − 0.025 to 0.024 0.987
Newton et al. (2019) [25] 6 (RE+IE) Whole body 0.005* − 0.002 to 0.011 0.174
Total hip 0.007* − 0.002 to 0.016 0.128
Lumbar spine 0.014* 0.001 to 0.027 0.039
Femoral neck 0.010* 0.000 to 0.020 0.050
Trochanter − 0.003* − 0.010 to 0.004 0.449
6 (AE+RE) Whole body 0.003* − 0.007 to 0.0012 0.614
Total hip 0.001* − 0.009 to 0.011 0.807
Lumbar spine 0.004* − 0.009 to 0.017 0.525
Femoral neck − 0.003* − 0.014 to 0.008 0.571
Trochanter − 0.002* − 0.01 to 0.007 0.699
Taaffe et al. (2019) [26] 6 Whole body NR NR 0.827
Total hip NR NR 0.848
Lumbar spine NR NR 0.111
Nilsen et al. (2015) [27] 4 Whole body 0.00* − 0.02 to 0.01 0.520
Total hip 0.00* − 0.01 to 0.01 0.690
Total lumbar spine 0.00* − 0.02 to 0.01 0.847
Femoral neck 0.00* − 0.02 to 0.01 0.467
Trochanter 0.00* − 0.01 to 0.00 0.221
Uth et al. (2016) [28] 3 Whole body 0.01 − 0.00 to 0.01 0.188
Legs 0.00 − 0.00 to 0.01 0.336
Uth et al. (2016) [29] 8 Total hip R: 0.015 0.003 to 0.027 0.015
L: 0.017 0.002 to 0.032 0.030
Lumbar spine 0.028 − 0.010 to 0.065 0.144
Femoral neck R: 0.015 − 0.002 to 0.031 0.078
L: 0.015 − 0.01 to 0.032 0.072
Femoral shaft R: 0.018 0.004 to 0.032 0.016
L: 0.024 0·005 to 0·044 0.015
Bjerre et al. (2019) [30] 6 Whole body 0.005 − 0.007 to 0.017 0.40
Total hip − 0.009* − 0.033 to 0.014 0.43
Lumbar spine 0.0017* − 0.019 to 0.053 0.34
Femoral neck 0.007* − 0.009 to 0.023 0.39
Winters-Stone et al. (2014) [49] 12 Total hip NR NR 0.37
Lumbar spine NR NR 0.47
Femoral neck NR NR 0.77
Greater trochanter NR NR 0.58
Kim et al. (2018) [50] 6 Total hip NR NR 0.727
Lumbar spine NR NR 0.756
Femoral neck NR NR 0.888

AE aerobic exercise, BMD bone mineral density, CI confidence intervals, IE impact-loading exercise, L left, NR not reported, R right, RE resistance exercise

*Analyses adjusted for baseline values