Prednisolone group | No prednisolone group | |||
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Δ BMD L2 toL4, 0 to 24 months | Δ BMD neck, 0 to 24 months | Δ BMD L2 to L4, 0 to 24 months | Δ BMD neck, 0 to 24 months | |
Age | ns | Ns | ns | ns |
BMI, baseline | ns | r = 0.26, p = 0.031 | ns | r = 0.39, p < 0.001 |
P1NP, baseline | ns | Ns | r = -0.36, p = 0.002 | ns |
P1NP, 12 months | r = -0.24, p = 0.057 | r = -0.30, p = 0.018 | r = -0.37, p = 0.002 | ns |
ΔP1NP, 0 to 12 months | ns | ns | ns | ns |
CTX-1, baseline | ns | ns | ns | ns |
CTX-1, 12 months | ns | ns | r = -0.36, p = 0.002 | ns |
ΔCTX-1, 0 to12 months | ns | r = -0.26, p = 0.045 | ns | ns |
1CTP, baseline | ns | ns | ns | r = -0.27, p = 0.020 |
1CTP, 12 months | ns | r = -0.24, p = 0.059 | r = -0.28, p = 0.017 | r = -0.22, p = 0.072 |
Δ1CTP, 0 to 12 months | r = -0.29, p = 0.026 | r = -0.33, p = 0.010 | ns | Ns |
ESR, baseline | ns | ns | ns | r = -0.24, p = 0.031 |
ESR, 12 months | ns | ns | r = -0.33, p = 0.004 | r = -0.22, p = 0.053 |
CRP, baseline | ns | ns | ns | r = -0.28, p = 0.012 |
CRP, 12 months | ns | ns | r = -0.28, p = 0.015 | r = -0.30, p = 0.008 |
IL-6, baseline | ns | ns | ns | ns |
IL-6, 12 months | ns | r = -0.25, p = 0.037 | ns | ns |
IGFSD, baseline | r = 0.36, p = 0.003 | ns | ns | ns |
IGFSD, 12 months | ns | ns | ns | ns |
ΔIGFSD, 0 to 12 months | r = -0.31, p = 0.017 | ns | ns | r = -0.25, p = 0.038 |