Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research

Table 1 Mechanical endurance of the fractured bones (kPa)

From: Impairment of maturation of BMP-6 (35 kDa) correlates with delayed fracture healing in experimental diabetes

Groups	2nd week		4th week
Groups	Non-DM (n = 5)	DM (n = 4)	Non-DM (n = 5)	DM (n = 6)
	92.40	30.19	170.88	211.92
	110.50	28.72	260.58	212.80
	12.90	48.66	230.39	108.45
	61.55	87.93	255.30	148.61
	130.73		170.30	151.60
				137.73
Mean	81.62	48.88	217.49	161.85*
SD	41.20	23.88	39.63	38.33

*p < 0.05, compared with the ‘non-DM’ at the end of fourth week after fracture

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