Research Article

Effects of 12-Week Exercise Program on Enzyme Activity of Serum Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 and Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-1 in Female Patients with Postmenopausal Osteoporosis: A Randomized Control Study

Table 1

Initial clinical and biochemical characteristics for OP female patients in the exercise group and controls.

Exercise N = 37Controls N = 31 value1

Age (years)64.27 ± 5.6164.39 ± 4.500.924
BMI26.00 ± 4.4825.42 ± 3.590.556
25 hydroxy vitamin D (nmol/L)47.03 ± 17.5145.61 ± 19.830.5792
Calcium, total (mmol/L)2.44 ± 0.162.46 ± 0.210.659
24 hour urinary calcium (mmol/24H)4.72 ± 4.074.61 ± 1.640.1572
Calcium ionized (mmol/L)1.31 ± 0.261.34 ± 0.260.743
Phosphate (mmol/L)1.120.211.34 ± 1.230.9852
24 hour urinary Phosphate (mmol/24H)17.54 ± 7.7914.32 ± 6.540.0612
Creatinine (µmol/L)67.39 ± 9.9272.93 ± 7.690.128
Creatinine urine (mmol/24H)8.96 ± 2.949.11 ± 2.100.3922
Creatinine clearance (ml/min)87.06 ± 13.4679.72 ± 11.140.017
Albumin (g/L)48.41 ± 5.4648.11 ± 4.540.804
Total protein (g/L)75.56 ± 7.6273.34 ± 5.800.178
PTH (ng/L)55.00 ± 30.3154.17 ± 20.890.6182
FT4 (pmol/L)14.49 ± 2.9813.95 ± 3.990.3192
TSH (µIU/L)2.62 ± 2.032.76 ± 1.160.1622
Osteocalcin (ng/ml)24.14 ± 11.7227.52 ± 9.430.0482
Diuresis (ml) Ƥ2050.27 ± 472.802170.97 ± 466.150.2092
ALP (U/L)72.59 ± 30.1574.71 ± 32.230.5542
T-score L1–L4−2.65 ± 0.89−2.84 ± 0.740.2682
T-score neck−2.59 ± 0.80−2.42 ± 0.850.3362

1Data are expressed as mean ± SD. Biochemical data are before treatment. vs. controls. 1Student’s t-test. 2Mann–Whitney test.