Figure 5

Posterior distribution of weighted mean difference (WMD) in BMD at the femoral neck (A) and lumbar spine (B). For example, shaded areas in the figures represent for the probability that the effect size (AA vs. AV/VV) of >0.1 SD of FNBMD and LSBMD by using random-effects model, respectively. These areas accounted for ~34% of the whole area under the curve for femoral neck BMD and ~54% for lumbar spine BMD. In other words, the probability that the effect size (AA vs. AV/VV) of >0.1 SD was ~34% for FNBMD and ~54% for LSBMD. Results from fixed-effects and random-effects analysis were almost identical for LSBMD. FNBMD, femoral neck bone mineral density; LSBMD; lumbar spine bone mineral density; 1 SD was 0.12 g/cm² for BMD at the femoral neck and 0.17 g/cm² at the lumbar spine.