Protective Role of Black Tea Extract against Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis-Induced Skeletal Dysfunction

Table 4

Bone mineral content of femur, eighth thoracic rib, eighth thoracic vertebra and fourth lumbar vertebra in control group (Group A), HFD group (Group B), and HFD + BTE supplemented groups (Group C) of rats.

Parameters	Control	High-fat	High-fat + BTE	Significance level^##	Significance level*
	(Group A)	(Group B)	(Group C)		Gr. A versus Gr. B	Gr. B versus Gr. C
Bone calcium (% of ash weight)
Femur	19.39±1.09	9.73±0.53	13.75±0.64	𝑃<.001	𝑃<.01	𝑃<.01
Eighth thoracic rib	23.39±0.84	15.49±0.92	23.01±1.38	𝑃<.01	𝑃<.01	𝑃<.01
Eighth thoracic vertebra	24.3±1.39	13.7±0.7	21.52±1.02	𝑃<.01	𝑃<.01	𝑃<.01
Fourth lumbar vertebra	25.68±0.57	13.65±0.78	18.56±0.8	𝑃<.001	𝑃<.01	𝑃<.01
Bone phosphate (% of ash Weight)
Femur	8.6±0.49	3.88±0.46	7.81±0.62	𝑃<.01	𝑃<.01	𝑃<.01
Eighth thoracic rib	11.89±0.11	6.24±0.45	11.67±0.16	𝑃<.01	𝑃<.01	𝑃<.01
Eighth thoracic vertebra	10.67±0.36	7.21±0.23	10.72±0.43	𝑃<.01	𝑃<.01	𝑃<.01
Fourth lumbar vertebra	11.38±0.39	5.34±0.28	11.56±0.12	𝑃<.01	𝑃<.01	𝑃<.01

Values are expressed as mean ± S.E.M (𝑛=6). ^##denotes significance level based on Kruskal-Wallis nonparametric ANOVA test and * denotes significance level based on Mann-Whitney “U” multiple comparison test.