Skeletal Effects of the Saturated 3-Thia Fatty Acid Tetradecylthioacetic Acid in Rats

Table 3

Mechanical properties of femoral neck and shaft after four months of treatment with TTA (Study I).

Group	CTR; (controls given vehicle); (𝑁=12)	TTA; (given TTA) (𝑁=12)
Ultimate bending moment (Nm)
Femoral neck	50.8±5.17	49.3±8.86
Femoral shaft	48.3±3.41	45.3±4.01
Energy absorption (J×10^−2)
Femoral neck	119±12.0	119±16.0
Femoral shaft	112±8.00	106±9.00
Bending stiffness (Nm/^∘×10^−3)
Femoral neck	0.78±0.10	0.75±0.11
Femoral shaft	1.05±0.18	1.04±0.14