Table 3

Bone metabolism biomarkers in 3 stages of the study (n = 15).

Variables*
At the start
6 weeks
12 weeks
P value

TALP (IU/l)
237.5 ± 85.4**
300.4 ± 294.1
281.3 ± 80.5
<0.05
OC (ng/ml)
11.4 ± 4.8
12.7 ± 5.7
11.5 ± 4.8
NS††
IGFBP3 (ng/ml)
3304.6 ± 728.6
3221.6 ± 534.4
3103.9 ± 639.8
NS
DPD (nmol/mmol)
7 ± 1.2
5.9 ± 1.1
5.1 ± 2.1
<0.05
C-TX (ng/ml)
0.79 ± 0.49
0.8 ± 0.4
0.8 ± 0.3
NS
ITCP (μg/l)
4.6 ± 0.9
4.3 ± 0.9
5.9 ± 1.1
NS

* TALP: Total alkaline phosphatase (IU/l); OC: Osteocalcin (ng/ml); IGFBP3: Insulin like growth factor binding protein 3 (ng/ml); DPD: Deoxypyridinoline (nmol/mmol); C-TX: C-Telopeptides (ng/ml); ITCP: Carboxy terminal telopeptides of type I collagen (μg/l)

** Mean ± SD

† To analyze changes in 3 stages, repeated measurement analysis was utilized.

†† significant level was set at below 5 percent (P < 0.05).

Haghighian Roudsari et al. Nutrition Journal 2005 4:30   doi:10.1186/1475-2891-4-30