Table 2 Incidence of scoliosis in the four groups at 20th week.

From: The effect of exogenous melatonin on reducing scoliotic curvature and improving bone quality in melatonin-deficient C57BL/6J mice

Groups

BP (Group 1)

BP + MLT (Group 2)

QP (Group 3)

QP + MLT (Group 4)

5 W

10% (2/20)

5% (1/20)

5% (1/20)

0% (0/20)

T:2

T:1

TL:1

 

10 W

50% (10/20)

10%* (2/20)

25% (5/20)

5% (1/20)

T:3 TL:7

T:1 TL:1

T:2 TL:3

TL:1

15 W

80% (16/20)

21.1%** (4/19)

30%§§ (6/20)

5.3% (1/19)

T:6 TL:10

T:2 TL:2

T:2 TL:4

TL:1

20 W

90% (18/20)

22.2%** (4/18)

35%§§ (6/20)

5.3% (1/19)

T:7 TL:11

T2: TL:2

T:2 TL:4

TL:1

  1. T: thoracic TL: thoracolumbar.
  2. *Indicates a significant difference between BP and BP + MLT group, P < 0.05.
  3. **Indicates a significant difference between BP and BP + MLT group, P < 0.01.
  4. §§Indicates a significant difference between BP and QP group, P < 0.01.
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