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. 2008 Dec 2;94(2):511–517. doi: 10.1210/jc.2008-0326

Table 3.

Bone histomorphometry by TMV classification (3)

Bone variable Valuea Normal range (median) (n = 28)
Turnover
 BFR/TV (%/yr) 48.9 ± 35.8 [36.7 (38.7–52.2)] 3.4–22.4 (8)
Mineralization
 OV/BV (%) 15.8 ± 6.9 0.2–5.8 (1.4)
 OS/BS (%) 53.8 ± 1.8 4.3–31.7 (16.4)
 O.Th (μm) 22.4 ± 6.4 2.0–13.2 (5.5)
 OMT (d) 20.3 ± 7.3 1.2–11.5 (4.9)
 MLT (d) 51.9 ± 6.9 [42.7 (12.5–278.3)] 2.3–63.8 (11.0)
Volume
 BV/TV (%) 30.9 ± 7.0 8.9–34.4 (17.2)
Fibrosis
 Fb/TV (%) 0.94 ± 0.40 0

Abbreviations are defined in Table 1. 

a

Values represent mean ± sd [median (95% confidence interval)].