Table 1

Apoptosis of the femoral head of GC-induced inbred rats from 5 different strains (WKY: Wistar Kyoto, WF: Wistar Furth, SHR: Spontaneous Hypertensive rat,).

Strain

Bone Marrow

Osteocyte

Chondrocyte

Lewis

4/4

2/4*

4/4

Fischer

5/5

0/5*

5/5

WKY

5/5

4/5*

5/5

WF

5/5

5/5*

5/5

SHR

2/2

2/2*

2/2

*Fisher's Exact Test (P value = 0.0039).

Kerachian et al. Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research 2011 6:62   doi:10.1186/1749-799X-6-62