Fig. 1

Tibia fracture morphology and weights. a Contralateral intact tibia from a saline control mouse. b Fracture callus in situ at 7 days post-fracture from a saline control mouse. c Fracture callus in situ at 7 days post-fracture from an alcohol-exposed mouse. The calluses from the saline control and alcohol-exposed mice were similar in size, but the alcohol-exposed callus was less robust appearing. Scale bar in a represents 5 mm and applies to b and c as well. d Tibial weight at 7 days post-fracture as a percentage of the mouse total body weight (tBW). The line represents intact contralateral limbs, which were 0.18 ± 0.01% tBW for both saline control and alcohol-exposed mice. Data are shown as mean ± SEM, n = 9/group. *p = 0.03 by Student’s t test