1.   Patients with inflammatory bowel disease have an increased prevalence of osteoporosis, and suffer high rates of spinal bone loss.

2.   The increase in both forearm and spinal bone mineral density achieved statistical significance in absolute units, percentage per annum, and also in the Z-score.

3.   The percentage improvement in spinal bone mineral density is similar to that reported in normal women receiving this dose of oestrogen.

4.   Clinical studies found that the spray, marketed under the name Miacalcin, increased spinal bone mineral density in women more than five years after menopause.

5.   Reeve was critically injured after shattering two spinal bones near the base of his skull.