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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: Compared with controls, patients who received protein supplements had significantly greater increases in serum levels of insulin-like growth factor-I (85. 6 % + / - 14. 8 % and 34. 1 % + / - 7. 2 % at 6 months ; difference, 51. 5 percentage points [95 % CI, 18. 6 to 84. 4 percentage points] ; P = 0. 003) and an attenuation of the decrease in proximal femur bone mineral density (-2. 29 % + / - 0. 75 % and -4. 71 % + / - 0. 77 % at 12 months ; difference, 2. 42 percentage points [CI, 0. 26 to 4. 59 percentage points] ; P = 0. 029).