Table 6. Tibia bone characteristics before and after training. Data are means (±SE).
| Variable |
YE (n=16) |
CON (n=18) |
| Baseline |
8-month |
%∆ |
Baseline |
8-month |
%∆ |
| Tibia 4% |
ToD (mg/cm3) |
284.1 (9.5) |
284.5 (8.9) |
.3 (.7) |
300.5 (8.9) |
301.9 (8.4) |
.6 (1.1) |
| ToA (mm2) |
958.5 (29.4) |
952.4 (28.8) |
-.3 (1.3) |
879.4 (27.7) |
873.9 (27.2) |
-.5 (1.5) |
| TraD(mg/cm3) |
232.5 (6.9) |
232.8 (6.8) |
.1 (.2) |
236.7 (6.5) |
236.3 (6.4) |
-.1 (.4) |
| TraA (mm2) |
813.7 (29.0) |
807.7 (27.8) |
-.3 (1.6) |
733.3 (27.3) |
726.2 (26.2) |
-.7 (1.9) |
| Tibia 38% |
ToD (mg/cm3) |
938.2 (14.4) |
936.0 (14.2) |
-.2 (.1) |
919.3 (13.5) |
919.8 (13.4) |
.1 (.1) |
| ToA (mm2) |
353.2 (8.9) |
353.5 (8.7) |
.1 (.2) |
351.2 (8.3) |
351.7 (8.2) |
.2 (.2) |
| CoD(mg/cm3) |
1189.6 (6.7) |
1187.1 (6.9) |
-.2 (.1) |
1182.6 (6.3) |
1182.9 (6.5) |
.0 (.1) |
| CoA(mm2) |
265.1 (7.1) |
265.3 (6.9) |
.1 (.3) |
261.1 (6.7) |
261.6 (6.5) |
.2 (.3) |
| CTh (mm) |
5.3 (.1) |
5.3 (.1) |
.0 (.3) |
5.2 (.1) |
5.3 (.1) |
.1 (.3) |
| SSI (mm3) |
1450.3 (50.6) |
1447.3 (49.0) |
-.2 (.4) |
1442.4 (47.7) |
1436.8 (46.2) |
-.2 (.7) |
| Tibia 66% |
ToD (mg/cm3) |
656.2 (15.5) |
655.3 (15.4) |
-.1 (.3) |
659.1 (14.6) |
660.3 (14.5) |
.2 (.5) |
| ToA (mm2) |
533.0 (15.6) |
533.1 (14.9) |
.1 (.2) |
522.5 (14.7) |
521.3 (14.1) |
-.2 (.4) |
| CoD(mg/cm3) |
1141.5 (7.2) |
1137.6 (7.4) |
-.3 (.1) |
1131.9 (6.8) |
1131.0 (7.0) |
-.1 (.1) |
| CoA(mm2) |
270.6 (6.8) |
272.1 (6.9) |
.5 (.2) |
270.4 (6.4) |
270.6 (6.5) |
.0 (.3) |
| CTh (mm) |
3.9 (.1) |
3.9 (.1) |
.6 (.3) |
4.0 (.1) |
4.0 (.1) |
.2 (.5) |
| SSI (mm3) |
2226.5 (80.9) |
2219.6 (77.3) |
-.2 (.3) |
2158.1 (76.3) |
2154.1 (72.9) |
-.1 (.4) |
YE: Yoga Exercise, CON: Control, %∆ : percent change, ToD : total volumetric BMD, ToA: total bone area, TraD: trabecular volumetric BMD, TraA: trabecular area, SSI: strength strain index, CoD: cortical volumetric BMD, CoA: cortical area, CTh: cortical thickness.
*p=0.005 significant time effect
