Table 2.

Changes in bone mineral density (g/cm²)

	Intervention		Usual care		Group	Time	Group×Time
	Baseline	6 months	Baseline	6 months
Lumbar (L2–L4)	0.958 ± 0.182	0.995 ± 0.188*	0.991 ± 0.195	1.039 ± 0.209	0.42	0.01	0.785
Lumbar (L2–L4) T-score	−0.652 ± 1.459	0.362 ± 1.467*	−0.423 ± 1.46	−0.077 ± 1.554	0.47	0.02	0.796
Neck	0.611 ± 0.127	0.639 ± 0.122	0.648 ± 0.141	0.661 ± 0.145	0.48	0.49	0.179
Neck T-score	−1.905 ± 0.989	−1.692 ± 0.953	−1.606 ± 1.070	−1.507 ± 1.128	0.45	0.57	0.256
Total hip	0.720 ± 0.147	0.741 ± 0.122	0.761 ± 0.164	0.779 ± 0.165	0.40	0.11	0.751
Total hip T-score	−1.688 ± 1.088	−1.551 ± 0.889	−1.387 ± 1.169	−1.266 ± 1.187	0.37	0.09	0.854

Values are given as mean ± standard deviation

Group×Time is an interaction from a two-way repeated-measures analysis of the effect of time from baseline to 6 months

*p < 0.05 vs. baseline within-group difference