Table 4.
Total bone mineral characteristics at the distal femoral metaphysis as measured by pQCT.
| Group | Total BMC (mg/mm) |
Total Bone Area (mm2) |
Total BMD (mg/cm3) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intact Control | (a) | 16.5 ± 0.4b*,c*d*,e,f*,h*,i | 20.7 ± 0.4c*,e,h | 796 ± 14b*,d*,f*,h*,i* |
| OVX | (b) | 14.1 ± 0.6a*,d*,f,h* | 21.6 ± 1.0c | 652 ± 11a*,c*,d*,e*,f*,h* |
| OVX+E2 | (c) | 14.0 ± 0.7a*,d*,f,h* | 18.6 ± 0.5a*,b,d,g*,h* | 752 ± 26b*,d*,f*,h* |
| OVX+HLU | (d) | 9.6 ± 0.3a*,b*,c*,e*,g*,i* | 20.8 ± 0.4c,e | 464 ± 13a*,b*,c*,e*,f,g*,i* |
| OVX+E2+HLU | (e) | 14.5 ± 0.8a,f*,h* | 18.8 ± 0.7a,d,g,h* | 773 ± 40b*,d*,f*,h* |
| OVX+HLU+REAMB | (f) | 11.0 ± 0.6a*,b,c,e*,g,i | 20.5 ± 0.7h | 531 ± 16a*,b*,c*,d,e*,g,h* |
| OVX+E2+HLU+REAMB | (g) | 15.7 ± 1.1d*,f,i | 22.2 ± 1.0c*,e | 709 ± 50d*,f,g* |
| OVX+HLU+REAMB+EX | (h) | 9.9 ± 0.5a*,b*,c*,e*,g*,i* | 23.2 ± 0.8a,c*,e*,f | 427 ± 17a*,b*c*,e*f*,g*,i* |
| OVX+E2+HLU+REAMB+EX | (i) | 13.7 ± 0.8a,d*,f,h* | 21.0 ± 1.0 | 658 ± 40a*,d*,h* |
Values are Means ± SEM of n = 6-12/group. Letters a-f indicate differences from respectively labeled groups at p ≤ 0.05 or *p ≤ 0.01 (a = vs. Intact controls, b = vs. OVX, c = vs. OVX+E2, d = vs. OVX+HLU, e = vs. OVX+E2 + HLU, f = vs. OVX+HLU+REAMB, g = vs. OVX+E2+HLU+REAMB, h = vs. OVX+HLU+REAMB+EX, i = vs. OVX+E2+HLU+REAMB+EX). BMC = Bone mineral content, BMD = bone mineral density.