Table 1 Three-point bending (beam length 6 mm) of healing mice femur fractures at 14 days treated with daily subcutaneous injections of simvastatin
From: Locally applied Simvastatin improves fracture healing in mice
Treatment | n | Days | Force at Failure (F) | Energy Uptake (Nmm) | Area (mm2) | Young's modulus (MPa) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
m | sd | m | sd | m | sd | m | sd | |||
Simvastatin | 10 | 14 | 4.4 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 11.1 | 2.4 | 666 | 1440 |
Control | 8 | 14 | 4.1 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 11.3 | 2.2 | 437 | 705 |
p | 0.68 | 0.88 | 0.82 | 0.69 | ||||||