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Table 2 Characteristics of four standard laboratory pure lines with respect to control bone volume before infection (CBV), and residual bone volume (RBV) and loss of bone volume (LBV) following infection

From: Genotype is an important determinant factor of host susceptibility to periodontitis in the Collaborative Cross and inbred mouse populations

Line

CBV

RBV

LBV

 

No.

Mean*

No.

Mean*

No.

Mean*

BALB/cJ

12

6.27a,b

9

4.54a

9

1.73b**

C57Bl/6J

9

4.72a

7

4.81a

7

−0.09a,b

A/J

10

7.14b

10

7.44b

10

−0.30a

DBA/2J

7

6.95b

9

6.78b

7

0.17a,b

  1. CBV Control Bone Volume.
  2. RBV Residual Bone Volume.
  3. No. number of mice.
  4. * = × 10-3mm3.
  5. ** = loss of bone volume following infection significant at P<0.01.
  6. a,b = Lines within a column that share the same superscript letter do not differ significantly by Duncan’s Least Significant Range test.