Individual patients

Group A( F 15 mg interm.)	Group B( F 20 mg cont.)	Group C (Ca only
n=31	n=30	n=33
Average change of BMD:	Average change of BMD:	Average change of BMD:
L2-L4: 12.6%	L2-L4: 19.5%	L2-L4: -1.6%
Femur neck: 2.3%	Femur neck –1.8%	Femur neck: -6.35%

  Fig. 3 Individual changes in BMD at the lumbar and femoral neck after 3 years of treatment  

(patients are sorted from left to right according to increasing average BMD at lumbar spine).