Table 2 Bone Structural Parameters from MGP mice by sex.

From: The influence of a high fat diet on bone and soft tissue formation in Matrix Gla Protein knockout mice

Sex

Males

Females

Genotype

WT

KO

WT

KO

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Diet

Control

High Fat

Control

High Fat

Control

High Fat

Control

High Fat

(n = 8)

(n = 14)

(n = 8)

(n = 7)

(n = 11)

(n = 11)

(n = 9)

(n = 6)

Femur

 Length/mm

10.7 (0.6)ab

11.5 (0.7)b

9.7 (0.5)c

10.6 (0.7)ac

10.5 (0.6)a

11.5 (0.9)b

9.5 (0.6)c

10.6 (0.6)ab

 BV/mm3

5.6 (1.8)ab

8.2 (3.1)b

4.4 (1.2)a

5.0 (1.6)a

5.6 (1.6)a

9.1 (3.4)b

3.8 (1.3)a

5.1 (2.4)a

 BvTv

24 (13)a

40 (14)b

9 (6)a

15 (6)a

18 (11)a

38 (14)b

6 (3)a

21 (12)a

 BsBv

34 (22)ab

22 (5)b

51 (23)a

42 (23)ab

42 (26)ab

22 (6)b

57 (32)a

28 (5)ab

 TbTh/mm

0.15 (0.05)ab

0.22 (0.07)b

0.11 (0.03)a

0.13 (0.05)a

0.14 (0.05)a

0.21 (0.05)b

0.10 (0.03)a

0.16 (0.02)ab

 TbSp/mm

0.60 (0.20)a

0.45 (0.18)b

0.70 (0.07)a

0.63 (0.12)ab

0.65 (0.18)a

0.46 (0.16)b

0.73 (0.08)a

0.62 (0.19)ab

 SMI

2.3 (0.4)a

2.2 (0.6)b

2.9 (0.6)a

2.5 (0.5)ab

2.6 (0.4)

2.1 (0.7)

2.7 (0.4)

2.6 (0.4)

 TbPF/mm−1

9 (4)ab

5 (4)b

20 (7)c

13 (5)ac

15 (11)a

6 (6)b

21 (3)a

11 (6)ab

 ConnD/mm−3

71 (22)

82 (19)

94 (65)

91 (55)

98 (64)

77 (12)

61 (63)

69 (24)

 Cortical BV/mm3

0.9 (0.3)a

1.4 (0.5)b

0.6 (0.1)a

0.8 (0.2)a

0.9 (0.1)a 12

1.5 (0.4)b 1

0.5 (0.1)c 1

0.8 (0.2)ac 2 ˅

 Cortical Th/mm

0.13 (0.02)a

0.17 (0.04)b

0.11 (0.01)a

0.12 (0.02)a

0.14 (0.01)a 1

0.18 (0.04)b 1

0.10 (0.01)c 1

0.12 (0.02)ac 2˅

 MidD/mm

1.11 (0.07)ac

1.19 (0.05)b

1.07 (0.07)c

1.17 (0.05)ab

1.09 (0.06)a

1.21 (0.08)b

1.06 (0.06)a

1.13 (0.05)ab

 MidWT/mm

0.13 (0.02)ab

0.14 (0.02)b

0.11 (0.01)a

0.12 (0.01)a

0.13 (0.01)ab 1

0.15 (0.02)b 12

0.11 (0.01)c 12

0.12 (0.02)ac 2˅

Tibia

 Length/mm

11.1 (0.6)ab

11.7 (0.6)a

10.6 (0.3)b

10.9 (0.8)ab

11.2 (0.3)ab

11.7 (0.7)a

10.3 (0.6)b

10.9 (0.4)ab

 BV/mm3

5.7 (0.8)a

8.3 (1.0)b

4.1 (0.5)c

4.9 (1.1)ac

5.6 (0.6)a 12

8.7 (1.2)b 1

3.7 (0.9)c 12

4.7 (0.6)ac 2˅

 BvTv

24 (6)

25 (5)

22 (3)

26 (9)

21 (2)

29 (9)

22 (7)

23 (6)

 BsBv

30 (4)

33 (5)

31 (3)

31 (6)

32 (3)

31 (4)

32 (7)

30 (3)

 TbTh/mm

0.15 (0.02)

0.15 (0.02)

0.15 (0.01)

0.15 (0.02)

0.15 (0.02)

0.16 (0.02)

0.14 (0.03)

0.15 (0.02)

 TbSp/mm

0.50 (0.08)

0.39 (0.07)

0.51 (0.04)

0.43 (0.07)

0.48 (0.04)a 12

0.36 (0.07)b 1

0.49 (0.05)a 1

0.53 (0.07)a 2^

 SMI

2.6 (0.2)

2.9 (0.1)

2.6 (0.2)

2.5 (0.4)

2.9 (0.4)a

2.7 (0.4)ab

2.3 (0.1)b

2.6 (0.3)ab

 TbPF/mm−1

11 (2)

13 (3)

11 (1)

11 (5)

13 (2)

11 (4)

10 (2)

11 (3)

 ConnD/mm-3

70 (9)a

138 (53)b

77 (10)a

96 (12)ab

80 (22)

113 (19)

77 (15)

87 (9)

 Cortical BV/mm3

1.0 (0.1)a

1.4 (0.1)b

0.7 (0.1)c

0.8 (0.2)ac

1.0 (0.1)a 1

1.5 (0.2)b 1

0.6 (0.1)c 1

0.8 (0.1)c 2˅

 Cortical Th/mm

0.15 (0.02)a

0.19 (0.01)b

0.12 (0.01)c

0.13 (0.02)ac

0.15 (0.01)a 1

0.20 (0.01)b 1

0.11 (0.01)c 12

0.13 (0.01)c 2˅

Vertebra

 Length/mm

2.1 (0.2)ab

2.3 (0.2)a

1.8 (0.1)b

2.2 (0.3)a

2.1 (0.2)a

2.4 (0.3)b

1.8 (0.1)c

2.2 (0.2)ab

 BV/mm3

4.1 (1.0)ab

5.3 (1.5)a

3.1 (0.6)b

3.9 (0.8)ab

3.9 (0.9)a 1

5.8 (1.8)b 1

2.8 (0.6)a 2^

4.1 (1.1)ab 12

 BvTv

53 (6)

51 (16)

53 (9)

46 (10)

48 (8)

48 (9)

51 (10)

42 (15)

 BsBv

29 (3)

28 (7)

30 (4)

33 (6)

31 (3)

29 (5)

30 (5)

34 (8)

 TbTh/mm

0.13 (0.01)

0.14 (0.03)

0.13 (0.01)

0.12 (0.02)

0.12 (0.01)

0.14 (0.02)

0.13 (0.02)

0.12 (0.03)

 TbSp/mm

0.16 (0.01)

0.17 (0.03)

0.16 (0.02)

0.17 (0.01)

0.17 (0.02)

0.18 (0.02)

0.17 (0.02)

0.18 (0.02)

 SMI

1.2 (0.3)

1.1 (0.6)

1.2 (0.3)

1.4 (0.5)

1.4 (0.3)

1.3 (0.4)

1.4 (0.5)

1.5 (0.7)

 TbPF/mm−1

3 (2)

3 (4)

3 (2)

5 (4)

5 (2)

4 (3)

5 (3)

6 (6)

 ConnD/mm−3

89 (19)

70 (19)

90 (17)

93 (20)

83 (17)

71 (18)

88 (31)

81 (25)

  1. Abbreviations are BV: bone volume, BvTv: trabecular bone volume to total volume, BsBv: Bone surface to bone volume ratio, TbTh: Trabecular thickness, TbSp: Trabecular spacing, SMI: Structural model index, TbPF: Trabecular pattern factor, ConnD: connectivity density, Cortical Th: cortical thicknesss, MidD: Midshaft diameter, MidWT: Midshaft cortical wall thickness. For each parameter measured, values with different superscript letters are significantly different from each other (p < 0.05) within the same sex. For each parameter measured, values with different superscript numbers are significantly different from each other for body size–adjusted data (p < 0.05) within the same sex.