Parameter | WT PF (n = 4) | WT EtOH (n = 5) | NOX4−/− PF (n = 5) | NOX4−/− EtOH (n = 5) |
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T.Ar (mm2) | 0.569 ± 0.044 | 0.595 ± 0.070 | 0.525 ± 0.0001 | 0.595 ± 0.043 |
B.Ar (mm2) | 0.071 ± 0.011 | 0.059 ± 0.0040 | 0.050 ± 0.0030 | 0.048 ± 0.017 |
N.Ob (number) | 99.25 ± 10.7†,a | 86.60 ± 12.3†,a | 68.20 ± 7.35a,b | 48.20 ± 8.87b |
BS/BV (%) | 58.67 ± 3.88 | 59.07 ± 1.83 | 50.82 ± 4.89 | 58.51 ± 7.30 |
Ob.S/BS (%) | 15.73 ± 1.52 | 16.57 ± 1.95 | 20.16 ± 2.27 | 13.76 ± 1.46 |
N.Ob/T.Ar (1/mm2) | 174.05 ± 11.5†,‡,a | 146.57 ± 12.0†,‡,a | 129.91 ± 14.0a | 79.05 ± 10.5b |
B.Ar, bone area; BS/BV, volume-normalized bone surface area; N.Ob, osteoblast number; N.Ob/T.Ar, number of osteoblasts per total area; Ob.S/BS, bone surface area–normalized osteoblast surface; T.Ar, total area.