Effects of sleeve gastrectomy on bone mass, microstructure of femurs and bone metabolism associated serum factors in obese rats

Table 3 Spearman’s correlations between serum PTP1B and bone microstructure parameters in trabecular and cortical bones

PTP1B		BV/TV	BS/TV	Th	Sp	N	Pf	SMI	To.Po	Eu.N	Conn.Dens	Th.SD	Sp.SD
Tb	R	−0.607	−.0643	−0.464	0.500	−0.714	0.750	−0.200	0.607	0.250	−0.714	−0.536	0.393
Tb	P	0.148	0.119	0.294	0.253	0.071	0.052	0.747	0.148	0.589	0.071	0.215	0.383
Ct	R	0.179	0.071	−0.179	–	0.179	–	–	–	–	–	−.429	–
Ct	P	0.702	0.879	0.702	–	0.702	–	–	–	–	–	.337	–

Control group n = 5, HFD sham group n = 5, HFD SG group n = 9, * P < 0.05
PTP1B: Protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B; Tb: Trabecular; Ct: Cortical; BV/TV: Percent bone volume; BS/TV: Bone surface density; Th: thickness; Sp: Separation; N: Number; Pf: Pattern factor; SMI: Structural model index; To.Po: Total porosity percent; Eu.N: Euler number; Conn.Dens: Connectivity density; Th.SD: Standard deviation of thickness; Sp.SD: Standard deviation of separation

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