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Table 3 Peripheral quantitative computed tomography derived values pre and post marathon at 4 and 66% of tibia length

From: Physiological alterations after a marathon in the first 90-year-old male finisher: case study

 

Left

Right

 

Pre

Post

Change

Pre

Post

Change

vBMC4% (g cm-1)

5.22

5.28

1.1%

5.12

5.01

-2.2%*

vBMD.tb4% (mg cm-3)

274

277

1.2%*

278

272

-1.9%*

vBMD.tot4% (mg cm-3)

334

336

0.4%

328

327

-0.3%

vBMC.tib66% (g cm-1)

4.71

4.71

0.0%

4.78

4.76

-0.4%*

vBMD.ct.tib66% (mg cm-3)

1013

1012

0.0%

1031

1028

-0.2%

Peri66% (mm)

104

105

0.3%

102

102

0.2%

Endo66% (mm)

81.5

81.7

0.3%

76.5

76.7

0.3%

Thk.ct66% (mm)

3.65

3.66

0.3%

4.02

4.03

0.1%

  1. vBMC, volumetric bone mineral content; vBMD, volumetric bone mineral density; tb, trabecular; tot, total; tib, tibia; ct, cortical; Peri, periosteal circumference; Endo, endosteal circumference; Thk.ct, cortical thickness. *, pre to post change >1.5 × coefficient of variation for this variable.