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Table 3.

Results of the micromorphometric analysis.

		Group Statistics		Independent Sample Test
				Sig.
		Mean	Std. Deviation	p
Percent bone volume (BVTV) *	test	22.088%	8.094%	0.000468 *
Percent bone volume (BVTV) *	control	12.075%	4.009%
Bone surface/volume ratio (BS/TV)	test	0.018 µm²/µm³	0.007 µm²/µm³	0.457947
Bone surface/volume ratio (BS/TV)	control	0.016 µm²/µm³	0.004 µm²/µm³	0.457947
Trabecular thickness (Tb.Th)	test	267.349 µm	65.401 µm	0.838715
Trabecular thickness (Tb.Th)	control	272.282 µm	59.226 µm	0.838715
Trabecular separation (Tb.Sp) *	test	664.467 µm	218.084 µm	0.011763 *
Trabecular separation (Tb.Sp) *	control	990.254 µm	366.158 µm
Trabecular bone pattern factor (Tb.Pf)	test	0.0031/µm	0.0061/µm	0.199525
Trabecular bone pattern factor (Tb.Pf)	control	0.0051/µm	0.0041/µm	0.199525
Structure model index (SMI) *	test	0.477	1.826	0.018648 *
Structure model index (SMI) *	control	1.954	1.141	0.018648 *
Total porosity (percent) (Po.tot) *	test	77.912%	8.094%	0.000468 *
Total porosity (percent) (Po.tot) *	control	87.925%	4.009%
Connectivity (Conn.) *	test	2451.786	1524.472	0.005723 *
Connectivity (Conn.) *	control	1040.154	708.990	0.005723 *

* p < 0.05. Asterisk indicates that there is a significant difference between the values. Tb.Sp values of the two study groups were compared using the Mann–Whitney U test. Independent sample t-test was performed for the comparisons of all other parameters among study groups.