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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Aug 16.
Published in final edited form as: J Bone Miner Res. 2014 Nov;29(11):2405–2413. doi: 10.1002/jbmr.2265

Table 3.

Medullary Volumetric Bone Mineral Density (vBMD) and Mechanical Characteristics of the Femoral Neck

SHAM (a) ORX (b) ORX+AN (c) ORX+TE (d) ORX+TE+AN (e) ORX+TREN (f) ORX+TREN+AN (g)
Medullary vBMD, g/cm2 0.51 ± 0.01b*,c* 0.40 ± 0.02a*,d*,e*,f*,g* 0.42 ± 0.01a*,d*,e*,g* 0.52 ± 0.01b*,c* 0.52 ± 0.02b*,c* 0.49 ± 0.02b* 0.50 ± 0.02b*,c*
Failure Load, N 148 ± 4 127 ± 9d 124 ± 7d,f 158 ± 7b,c 144 ± 8 156 ± 7c 144 ± 4
Displacement, mm 0.73 ± 0.08 0.59 ± 0.05 0.64 ± 0.06 0.82 ± 0.07 0.71 ± 0.08 0.86 ± 0.17 0.81 ± 0.07
Stiffness, N/mm 212 ± 18 220 ± 25 206 ± 25 197 ± 15 212 ± 23 203 ± 24 184 ± 17

Values are means SE of n = 8–11/group. Stiffness was calculated using least mean square fitting of the best fit line from the force-displacement curves. Letter a–g indicate differences from respectively labeled groups at p < 0.05 or *p < 0.01 (a = vs. SHAM, b = vs. ORX, c = vs. ORX + AN, d = vs. ORX + TE, e = vs. ORX + TE + AN, f = vs. ORX + TREN, g = vs. ORX + TREN + AN).