Table 4.

Relationship Between Bone Biomechanics and Bone Mineral Composition

	Tmax			Su			U
Mineral	Intercept	Slope	R2	Intercept	Slope	R2	Intercept	Slope	R2
F	57.3	−0.12b	0.42	79.5	−0.16b	0.30	21.0	−0.05b	0.37
P	80.7	−0.0004	0.06	35.7	0.000004	0	5.6	0.000008	0
Na	−47.6	0.019b	0.49	−55.5	0.024b	0.32	−19.8	0.0069b	0.31
Mg	101.1	−0.016b	0.33	110.3	−0.015a	0.13	34.7	−0.0058a	0.21
Ca	92.0	−0.0026	0.073	72.1	−0.00014	0.0084	21.3	−0.00006	0.016
Ca/P Ratio	21.8	1.3	0	105.6	−33.4	0.018	34.8	−13.6	0.034
K	18.8	0.02	0.55	28.9	0.02	0.037	4.03	0.008	0.055
Zn	37.5	−0.05a	0.16	57.4	−0.09a	0.17	11.6	−0.02a	0.11

^ap<0.05

^bp<0.001 for significant interactions between mineral and biomechanical parameter independent of genotype, strain or age.