Table 3.

Summarized results of DXA measurements – BMC

Bone Mineral Content [g]
	Frozen specimens		Thawed specimens
ROI	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Difference [%]	p
Ward area	1.56	0.47	1.63	0.47	+ 4.2	0.074
Neck	1.65	0.57	1.49	0.49	- 9.8	0.050
Superior Neck	1.02	0.39	0.98	0.32	- 4.0	0.159
Inferior Neck	2.68	0.89	2.51	0.75	- 6.3	0.074
Trochanter	10.40	2.26	10.48	2.34	+ 0.8	0.380
Shaft	14.62	2.97	14.40	2.87	- 1.5 *	0.047
Total	27.70	5.57	27.36	5.48	- 1.2 *	0.010
All values	8.52	9.59	8.41	9.49	-1.3 *	0.025

* Wilcoxon test, significance level p = 0.05).