Fig. 4

Micro-CT analysis of trabecular bone in the mandible. Bone architectural parameters of trabecular bone volume fraction (BV/TV, a), trabecular thickness (Tb.N, b), trabecular number (Tb.Th, c) and trabecular separation (Tb.Sp, d) of the furcation zone between the mesial and distal roots of the mandibular first molar in mice fed a standard diet (cont) or a high-fat diet (HFD). The data are displayed as a box-and-whisker plot. The boxes indicate the intervals between the 25^th and 75^th percentiles, and the horizontal bars inside the boxes indicate the medians. The whiskers indicate the data intervals. ^*P < 0.05, vs. 7-week-old mice and ^†P < 0.05, vs. age-matched control mice