Analyzed dietary Ca level, % | ALP mRNA, RQ2 | OPG mRNA, RQ2 | OC mRNA, RQ2 | BMP-2 mRNA, RQ2 | ALP protein, RQ3 | OPG protein, RQ3 | OC protein, RQ3 | BMP-2 protein, RQ3 |
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0.59 | 1.11 | 0.98 | 1.69a | 0.91ab | 0.89c | 1.14 | 1.75 | 1.03 |
0.70 | 1.06 | 1.19 | 1.24ab | 1.07a | 1.03abc | 1.03 | 1.62 | 0.81 |
0.80 | 0.84 | 0.97 | 0.85bc | 0.72bc | 1.17ab | 0.98 | 1.67 | 0.79 |
0.88 | 0.89 | 0.85 | 1.00bc | 0.88abc | 1.19a | 0.91 | 1.65 | 0.73 |
0.98 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00bc | 1.00ab | 1.06abc | 0.88 | 1.88 | 0.79 |
1.09 | 0.87 | 0.74 | 0.65c | 0.79abc | 0.95bc | 1.03 | 1.58 | 0.85 |
1.18 | 0.75 | 0.79 | 0.66c | 0.66c | 1.03abc | 1.01 | 1.43 | 0.89 |
SEM | 0.107 | 0.113 | 0.147 | 0.092 | 0.069 | 0.089 | 0.134 | 0.081 |
P-value | ||||||||
 Ca level | 0.37 | 0.31 | 0.002 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.49 | 0.37 | 0.25 |
  Linear | – | – | < 0.0001 | 0.02 | 0.75 | – | – | – |
 Quadratic | – | – | 0.11 | 0.24 | 0.006 | – | – | – |