Polydextrose Enhances Calcium Absorption and Bone Retention in Ovariectomized Rats

Table 4

Total skeleton bone mineral content (tsBMC) (expressed as mg and as mg/g BW); total skeleton bone mineral density (tsBMD) and femur BMD (fBMD) at the beginning (𝑡=0) and at the end of the study (𝑡=60) and their respective changes between 𝑡=60 and 𝑡=0.

	SHAM	OVX	FOS	PDX
tsBMC 𝑡=0 (mg)	2936 ± 431	3125±630	2643±312	2759±265
tsBMC 𝑡=60 (mg)	6228 ± 304	5410±416^∗	5517±659^∗	5947±592^∗
tsBMC 𝑡=60–tBMC 𝑡=0 (mg)	4587 ± 216	2285±214^∗	3096±611^∗,∗∗	3189±472^∗,∗∗
tBMC 𝑡=0 (mg/g BW)	13.8 ± 1.6	14.2±2.6	13.9±1.6	14.2±1.5
tBMC 𝑡=60 (mg/g)	19.7 ± 2.1	16.0±2.6^∗	18.2±3.1^∗,#	18.1±2.6^∗,#
tsBMC 𝑡=60–tBMC 𝑡=0 (mg/g)	6.5 ± 1.4	1.33±0.04^∗	5.23±3.55^∗,∗∗	4.48±2.41^∗,∗∗
tsBMD 𝑡=0 (mg/cm^2)	248.2 ± 2.1	251.0±5.5	247.7±2.6	247.6±8.0
tsBMD 𝑡=60 (mg/cm^2)	281.3 ± 1.9	278.5±2.7	274.0±7.5	278.1±5.0
tBMD 𝑡=60–tBMD 𝑡=0 (mg/cm^2)	34.2 ± 2.2	27.5±2.7^∗	29.4±1.9^∗,#	30.7±8.8^∗,#
fBMD 𝑡=0 (mg/cm^2)	235.3 ± 25.8	232.0±35.4	231.5±17.0	227.7±9.6
fBMD 𝑡=60 (mg/cm^2)	298.3 ± 10.9	253.5±13.4^∗	278.7±19.7^∗	272.0±9.3^∗
fBMD 𝑡=60–fBMD 𝑡=0 (mg/cm^2)	62.1 ± 10.8	21.5±17.0^∗	47.2±11.1^∗,∗∗	44.3±14.6^∗,∗∗

Data are expressed as mean ± SD. ∗P < 0.05 versus SHAM group; #P < 0.05, ∗∗P < 0.01 versus OVX group. Differences were analyzed by Bonferroni test after ANOVA.