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Table 6 Comparing the levels of four BTMs between bone marrow and peripheral blood in postmenopausal women

From: Comparative analysis of bone turnover markers in bone marrow and peripheral blood: implications for osteoporosis

  

Bone marrow(N = 133)

 

Peripheral blood(N = 133)

 

Variable

 

M

SD

 

M

SD

p

β-CTX (ng/ml)

 

0.768

0.340

 

0.710

0.322

0.03*

OC (ng/ml)

 

23.0

13.6

 

17.7

7.0

<0.0001**

P1NP (ng/ml)

 

444.1

439.9

 

61.8

23.7

<0.0001**

25(OH)D(ng/ml)

 

21.2

8.7

 

24.6

9.8

<0.0001**

  1. Note: *: Paired sample t-test, **: Wilcoxon signed-rank test
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Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research

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