Table 1.
Effects on body and bone weights and density in normal and diabetic Wistar rats.
| Abbreviation | Unit | Group-I | Group-II | Group-III | Group-IV | One Way ANOVA p Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Initial Body weight | IBW | g | 275 ± 4.8 | 286 ± 6.2 | 283 ± 6.1 | 268 ± 5.5 | 0.1396 |
| Final Body weight | FBW | g | 321 ± 8.9 | 209 ± 12 ***,a | 233 ± 10 ***,a | 266 ± 9 **,a,b | <0.0001 |
| Bone weight | BW | g | 0.59 ± 0.03 | 0.44 ± 0.03 **,a | 0.48 ± 0.02 | 0.54 ± 0.03 *,b | 0.0058 |
| Bone density | BMD | g/cm3 | 1.82 ± 0.12 | 1.16 ± 0.13 **,a | 1.44 ± 0.16 | 1.67 ± 0.09 *,b | 0.0088 |
| Bone weight/100 g final body weight | BW/100FBW | % | 0.184 ± 0.019 | 0.234 ± 0.031 | 0.221 ± 0.017 | 0.218 ± 0.027 | 0.5202 |
Data were expressed as Mean ± S.E. (n = 6). Statistical analysis was conducted by one-way ANOVA followed by Tukey post hoc test. The significances were considered as follow (*) p < 0.05, (**) p < 0.01 and (***) p < 0.001. Group-I was compared to diabetic groups a, while Group-II was compared to Group-III and Group-IV b.