From: Ovariectomized rats as a model of postmenopausal osteoarthritis: validation and application
Changes in CTX-I | Changes in CTX-II | |||||
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Cohorta (treatment) | Age at start (months) | From weeks 0–4 | At week 4 | From weeks 0–4 | At week 4 | |
A (OVX or shamb) (n = 18) | 5 | |||||
Cartilage erosion: | Total | 0.10 | 0.15 | 0.50 | 0.27 | |
Medial femur | 0.47 | -0.02 | 0.64* | 0.51* | ||
B (OVX or shamb) (n = 17) | 7 | |||||
Cartilage erosion: | Total | 0.24 | 0.25 | 0.74** | 0.54* | |
Medial femur | 0.24 | 0.41 | 0.70** | 0.63** | ||
C (OVX + intervention or shamb) (n = 56) | 5 | |||||
Cartilage erosion: | Total | 0.40** | 0.34* | 0.50*** | 0.43** | |
Medial femur | 0.35* | 0.33* | 0.37** | 0.45** |