Comparisons of the morphometric indicators of the femoral distal end among the four groups.

<p>Comparison of bone morphometric indicators (relative bone volume (BV/TV), trabecular number (TbN), trabecular spacing (TbSp), and trabecular thickness (TbTh)) of the femoral distal ends (A-D) in SHAM, OVX+NS, OVX+E and OVX+iCR groups at 4-, 8- and 12-week postoperation. Data represents the means ± standard deviation (SD), n=6 rats in each group. The x-axis represents time after surgery (weeks). Compared with SHAM group, a means <i>p</i><0.05, b means <i>p</i><0.01; Compared with OVX+NS group, c means <i>p</i><0.05, d means <i>p</i><0.01; Comparison between OVX+iCR and OVX+E group, e means <i>p</i><0.05, f means <i>p</i><0.01.