Table 1.

Descriptive statistics

		Collagen fibre		Mineralization		Relational data†
	n*	Mean	SE	Mean	SE	Mean	SE
Age Group 1
Female	80	109.81	3.75	142.50	0.80	33.02	1.84
Male	96	117.11	2.58	143.04	0.61	25.86	1.57
Age Group 2
Female	96	104.04	2.28	137.00	0.46	27.90	1.00
Male	80	86.56	2.10	140.53	1.13	24.47	1.05
Age Group 3
Female	112	99.98	1.71	137.16	0.56	24.39	1.06
Male	128	102.87	2.12	133.82	0.59	19.95	0.88

Collagen fibre orientation and mineralization density data were calculated from mean grey-level values per sector (on a 0–255 scale).

^*Each individual is represented by data from 16 sectors.

^†Calculated as the percentage area of newly formed bone of transverse collagen fibre orientation (bone coloured as green in the relational LUT) relative to the total area of newly formed bone.