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Published in final edited form as: J Biomed Mater Res B Appl Biomater. 2006 Nov;79(2):218–228. doi: 10.1002/jbm.b.30532

TABLE II.

Histomorphometry From Control and Implanted (Experimental) Limbs. The p Values in the Far Right Column Indicate Whether a Significant Difference Exists Between the Experimental and Control

	Control Limb	Experimental	p Values
Scaffold
MAR (um/day)	0.0007 ± 0.0004	0.0010 ± 0.0008	0.9
Lbl sur (%)	1.7 ± 0.5	5.4 ± 2.8	0.05
BFR/BS	1.3E-5 ± 0.8E-5	8.2E-5 ± 5.9E-5	0.05
Periscaffold
MAR (um/day)	0.0009 ± 0.0005	0.0015 ± 0.0007	0.05
Lbl sur (%)	1.7 ± 0.9	10.5 ± 8.7	0.05
BFR/BS	1.7E-5 ± 0.9E-5	1.8E-4 ± 1.6E-4	0.01
Deep
MAR (um/day)	0.0006 ± 0.0003	0.0018 ± 0.0013	0.1
Lbl sur (%)	2.5 ± 1.7	8.9 ± 6.3	0.1
BFR/BS	2.2E-5 ± 1.9E-5	2.0E-4 ± 2.1E-4	0.1
Superficial
MAR (um/day)	0.0007 ± 0.0003	0.0006 ± 0.0009	0.6
Lbl sur (%)	1.6 ± 1.2	7.2 ± 6.2	0.05
BFR/BS	1.1E-5 ± 1.1E-5	0.8E-5 ± 1.5E-4	0.7

MAR, Mineral Apposition Rate; Lbl, Labeled Surface; BFR, Bone Formation Rate; BS, Bone Surface.