Table 2.

Infrared Analyses of Changes in Bone Mineral Properties

Species	Property	Change in Property
Canine osteoporosis^81,101	Mineral:matrix (cortical)	Decreased
Postmenopausal women^{15,16,91,92,94,95}	Mineral:matrix (cortical and trabecular)	Decreased
	Crystallinity (cortical)	Increased
	Crystallinity (trabecular)	Increased
	Carbonate:phosphate (trabecular)	Increased
	Collagen maturity	Increased
Ovariectomized monkey^48,93	Mineral:matrix (trabecular)	Decreased
	Crystallinity (trabecular)	Increased
Biglycan-deficient mouse¹²⁹	Mineral:matrix	Decreased
Interleukin-deficient mouse³⁹	Crystallinity	Increased
Ovariectomized rat^{4,9,87,97,102,111}	Mineral:matrix	Decreased
Disuse osteoporosis in rat³¹	Crystallinity	No change