Magnetic resonance imaging at 7.0 T for evaluation of early lesions of epiphyseal plate and epiphyseal end in a rat model of Kashin-Beck disease

Table 5 Measurement results of the full thickness of epiphyseal plate of tibia in rats (um)

	full thickness of the epiphyseal plate (4th week)	full thickness of the epiphyseal plate (8th week)	full thickness of the epiphyseal plate (12th week)
Control Group (Group A)	539.61 ± 27.59	462.18 ± 21.65	387.55 ± 24.18
KBD-affected feed (Group B)	469.79 ± 31.55	407.78 ± 34.21	328.11 ± 23.62*
commercial feed+ T-2 toxin (Group C)	488.62 ± 30.50	394.99 ± 25.45	338.96 ± 31.44^§#
KBD-affected feed+T-2 toxin (Group D)	453.92 ± 27.26	346.87 ± 33.80	279.22 ± 17.48^&¥$

*: p = 0.000 vs. groupA; §: p = 0.002 vs. groupA; &: p = 0.000 vs. groupA; #p = 0.395 vs.group B; ¥: p = 0.03 vs.group B, $: p = 0.000 vs.group C⁻χ ± S

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