Table 3 Descriptive statistics of skeletal variables according to intervention groups at different timepoints

0.36 ± 0.52

0.05 ± 0.38

0.076

− 0.21 ± 0.62

0.10 ± 0.48

0.100

0.14 ± 0.52

0.15 ± 0.58

0.962

1.04 ± 1.01^†

1.49 ± 0.83^†

0.157

− 0.14 ± 0.80

− 0.07 ± 0.61

0.697

0.89 ± 0.83^†

1.41 ± 0.87^†

0.080

2.18 ± 0.99^†

2.66 ± 0.63^†

0.098

− 0.63 ± 0.43^††

− 0.47 ± 0.40^††

0.285

1.55 ± 1.02^†

2.19 ± 0.84^†

0.045*

1.95 ± 0.81^†

2.88 ± 0.82^†

0.002*

− 0.70 ± 1.26^††

− 0.40 ± 0.34 ^††

0.827

1.23 ± 1.66

2.48 ± 0.84^††

0.003**

2.85 ± 1.95^†

3.22 ± 1.20^†

0.495

− 1.42 ± 1.28^††

− 1.15 ± 1.42^††

0.346

1.43 ± 1.50^†

2.07 ± 1.37^†

0.199

1.84 ± 1.31^†

2.70 ± 1.18^†

0.048*

0.31 ± 1.05

− 0.30 ± 0.75

0.639

1.52 ± 0.85^†

2.40 ± 0.96^†

0.008*