Table 4

Effects of control and soy foods on serum and urinary markers of bone metabolism

Measures
Control (n = 27)
Soy (n = 35)
Control vs Soy

Baseline
6 months
Final
Baseline
6 months
Final
P values







Trtmt
Time
Trtmt × Time

Serum










IGF-I (nmol/L)
17.9 ± 1.4b
20.5 ± 1.4a
20.2 ± 1.4a
13.3 ± 1.2c
16.8 ± 1.2ab
16.8 ± 1.2ab
0.023
< 0.001
0.693
IGFBP3 (ng/mL)
3833 ± 133
3934 ± 133
3904 ± 135
3442 ± 120b
3751 ± 120a
3622 ± 121a
0.087
0.005
0.252
Osteocalcin (ng/mL)
8.3 ± 2.1b
13.9 ± 2.1a
16.2 ± 2.2a
8.9 ± 1.9b
17.4 ± 2.0a
18.1 ± 2.0a
0.365
< 0.001
0.671
BSAP (U/L)
19.8 ± 1.2c
23.3 ± 1.2b
25.3 ± 1.2a
19.8 ± 1.1c
22.6 ± 1.1b
24.9 ± 1.1a
0.796
< 0.001
0.818
ALP (U/L)
57.4 ± 3.0c
65.9 ± 3.0b
74.0 ± 3.1a
56.6 ± 2.7c
69.1 ± 2.7b
74.3 ± 2.8a
0.798
< 0.001
0.499
Urine









Dpd (nmol/mmol creatinine)
5.3 ± 0.4
5.3 ± 0.4
4.9 ± 0.4
5.2 ± 0.3
5.4 ± 0.3
5.1 ± 0.3
0.888
0.234
0.744

Values are least squares mean ± SE. IGF-I = insulin-like growth factor-I; IGFBP-3 = insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3; BSAP = bone-specific alkaline phosphatase; ALP = alkaline phosphatase; Dpd = deoxypyridinoline.

Within each row, values that do not share the same superscript letters are significantly (P < 0.05) different from each other.

Arjmandi et al. Nutrition Journal 2005 4:8   doi:10.1186/1475-2891-4-8