Dose of alendronate directly increases trabeculae expansivity without altering bone volume in rat femurs

Table 1 Results of qualitative analysis by micro-computed tomography [median (min-max)]

	Group C	Group B1	Group B2	P
Tb.Th	0.11 (0.09-0.14)	0.09 (0.07-0.16)	0.14 (0.09-0.16)	0.07
Tb.N	5.26 (3.39-6.24)1	5.45 (1.42-5.87)2	5.94 (2.49-6.40)1,2	0.05
Tb.Sp	0.10 (0.06-0.16)	0.09 (0.05-0.35)	0.06 (0.05-0.21)	0.07
Tb.Th	0.09 (0.07-0.13)	0.10 (0.06-0.23)	0.12 (0.06-0.15)	0.06
Tb.N	4.60 (0.13-6.15)	4.78 (0.15-6.90)	6.15 (0.22-7.22)	0.13
Tb.Sp	0.20 (0.08-0.50)3,4	0.09 (0.05-0.44)3	0.07 (0.05-0.42)4	0.04

¹P = 0.049;

²P = 0.028;

³P = 0.032;

⁴P = 0.03. Kruskal-Wallis/Mann-Whitney. Data from external and internal areas, respectively.