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They hold potential advantages over current bone-targeted osteoporosis therapies, as they may simultaneously improve bone, neuromuscular function, and vision, thereby reducing the risk of falls, the major cause of fractures. Here we examined, for the first time, the long-term effects of rapamycin, acarbose, and 17\u03b1-estradiol, administered at lifespan-extending doses on trabecular and cortical bone architecture in male and female UM-HET3 mice measured with micro\u2013computed tomography at 12 and 22 months of age. Bayesian modelling analysis reveals that all interventions produced responses in trabecular bone in females at 22 months. These effects were driven mainly by increases in trabecular number, with little evidence for changes in trabecular thickness. In contrast, treatment effects in males were generally negligible. Cortical responses were modest. Moderate increases in cortical area fraction were observed in females treated with rapamycin or 17\u03b1-estradiol at 22 months, whereas cortical thickness remained largely unchanged, suggesting a geometrical rather than anabolic effect. 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