Figure 5.

Effect of captopril and HOE140 on bone turnover markers in castrated hypertensive rats. (a) Captopril increased rat urine DPD/Cr concentration. Compared to captopril, HOE140 decreased urine DPD/Cr in male rats. (b) Captopril increased rat serum OC concentration. Compared to captopril, HOE140 decreased osteocalcin concentration in male rats. Data are shown as mean ± SE. ∗P < 0.05, ∗∗P < 0.001. n (male control) = 7, n (male ACEI) = 5, n (male ACEI + HOE140) = 6, n (female control) = 6, n (female ACEI) = 5, and n (female ACEI + HOE140) = 8.