In ovariectomized rats, femoral BMD was significantly higher with PTH maintenance than in untreated OVX rats (p < 0.05).
In plain wordsIn ovariectomized rats, PTH maintenance produced higher femoral bone density than no treatment.
- Outcome
- IncreaseFemoral BMD versus untreated OVX
- Study
ratn = 12
Ovariectomized Sprague-Dawley rats- Comparator
- OVX
- Outcome group
- Bone and joint · Musculoskeletal
- Studied dose
- 100 microg/kg/day, 5 days/weekAs given in this study (rat).
Source sentences
Bone quantity data showed that the BMD and most of the microstructural parameters were significantly higher in the PTH-M and PTH-Z groups than in the OVX and PTH-W groups (p < 0.05).
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
(1) ovariectomized rats (OVX; n = 6), (2) sham-operated rats (SHAM; n = 6), (3) OVX rats with PTH maintenance (PTH-M; n = 6), (4) OVX rats treated with PTH and then PTH was withdrawn (PTH-W; n = 6),
BMD of the right femora was measured by DXA. microCT was used to measure the structural parameters of the second lumbar vertebrae.