Table 2

Pretreatment, post-treatment, and change in BMD (g/cm2) (n=16). The values are median (interquartile range). The numbers in italics refer to the total number of pagetic and non-pagetic sites for these patients. Significance testing for the pagetic tibiae were not performed given the small numbers

Site Pretreatment Post-treatment Change p Value
Skull
Pagetic (10)1.94 (1.71 to 2.09)2.09 (1.90 to 2.31)0.15 (0.06 to 0.30)0.005
Non-pagetic (6)2.01 (1.74 to 2.12)2.13 (1.95 to 2.24)0.05 (0.04 to 0.31)0.050
Lumbar vertebrae
Pagetic (22)1.73 (1.39 to 1.91)1.98 (1.58 to 2.37)0.25 (0.03 to 0.44)< 0.001
Non-pagetic (53)1.29 (1.09 to 1.47)1.38 (1.14 to 1.57)0.05 (−0.06 to 0.22)0.036
Hemipelvis
Pagetic (25)1.47 (1.26 to 1.59)1.48 (1.27 to 1.66)0.07 (0.02 to 0.12)0.002
Non-pagetic (5)1.00 (0.99 to 2.25)1.09 (1.01 to 1.22)0.00 (−0.03 to 0.05)0.500
Femora
Pagetic (14)1.57 (1.24 to 1.72)1.55 (1.30 to 1.75)0.05 (0.02 to 0.07)0.005
Non-pagetic (16)1.28 (1.10 to 1.49)1.49 (1.18 to 1.62)0.05 (0.02 to 0.10)0.001
Tibiae
Pagetic (3)1.451.38
Non-pagetic (29)1.10 (0.94 to 1.29)1.15 (1.00 to 1.33)