Table 1.

Adjusted correlations for the mean stiffness (${\bar{k}}_{\text{nom}}$) with maximum push-out force (F_max) and with bulk morphological descriptors of the unstrained bone–implant domain. Significant correlations are marked with a star.

Material	Time	N	${\bar{\mathsf{k}}}_{\mathsf{n}\mathsf{o}\mathsf{m}}$ [102 N/mm]	Fmax	BV/TV	BIC	ABIC	Vscrew,ext	BA/BVa	κnorm,pos
Titanium	any	17	5.3	0.68*	0.48	−0.21	0.30	−0.48	−0.09	0.29
PEEK	any	9	3.1	0.93*	0.75*	0.40	0.33	0.32	−0.66	−0.77*
Mg-10Gd	any	9	3.8	0.98*	0.21	0.65	0.57	−0.72*	−0.90*	−0.58
any	4 weeks	11	3.5	0.94*	0.29	0.68*	0.66*	0.34	−0.46	−0.36
any	8 weeks	11	4.2	0.96*	−0.20	0.30	0.56	−0.53	−0.43	−0.02
any	12 weeks	15	4.8	0.67*	−0.16	0.63*	0.57*	−0.18	−0.30	−0.03
Titanium	4 weeks	6	4.7	0.75	−0.44	0.06	0.21	−0.17	0.58	0.56
Titanium	8 weeks	5	5.2	1.00*	−0.82	−0.79	0.18	−0.95*	0.12	0.34
Titanium	12 weeks	6	6.1	0.51	−0.96*	0.18	0.20	−0.22	0.19	0.91*
PEEK	12 weeks	5	3.6	0.95*	0.85	0.19	0.03	0.38	−0.81	−0.97*
Mg-10Gd	12 weeks	4	4.9	1.00*	0.01	0.95	0.93	−0.89	−0.92	0.61
any	any	36	4.3	0.79*	0.13	0.48*	0.57*	−0.27	−0.50*	−0.27

* significant at p < 0.05.

^aInterfaces to the screw and to narrow vessels were excluded from the evaluation of the surface area.