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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: For the 227 women who completed the 18-month study, significant exercise effects were observed for BMD of the lumbar spine (mean [95 % confidence interval (CI)] percentage of change in BMD [baseline to follow-up] for the exercise group : 1. 77 % [1. 26 % to 2. 28 %] vs controls : 0. 33 % [-0. 24 % to 0. 91 %] ; P <. 001), femoral neck (exercise group : 1. 01 % [0. 37 % to 1. 65 %] vs controls : -1. 05 % [-1. 70 % to -0. 40 %] ; P <. 001), and fall rate per person during 18 months (exercise group : 1. 00 [0. 76 to 1. 24] vs controls : 1. 66 [1. 33 to 1. 99] ; P =. 002).