Effects of 18 Months of Growth Hormone Replacement Therapy on Bone Mineral Density in Patients with Adult Growth Hormone Deficiency: A Retrospective Study

Table 2

Changes in BMD during 18 months of rhGH replacement therapy.

	Baseline	6 months	12 months	18 months	6 months vs. baseline	12 months vs. baseline	18 months vs. baseline	18 months vs. 6 months
Lumbar spine	0.860 ± 0.127	0.852 ± 0.127	0.856 ± 0.127	0.871 ± 0.126
Total hip	0.820 ± 0.096	0.815 ± 0.097	0.816 ± 0.097	0.819 ± 0.096

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