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Published in final edited form as: Bone. 2007 Dec 28;42(4):743–750. doi: 10.1016/j.bone.2007.12.009

Table 1.

Inter-strain differences in morphology, composition, mechanical properties, and network architecture

	A	B6	C3H
Physical bone traits
Tt.Ar (mm²)	1.4±0.07^b,^c	1.6±0.05^a,^c	1.7±0.13^a,^b
B.Ar (mm²)	0.49±0.06^b,^c	0.64±0.06^a	0.63±0.08^a
Ct.Ar (mm²)	0.28±0.02^c	0.30±0.03^c	0.43±0.03^a,^b
Tb BV/TV (%)	19.2±2.9^b	26.6±2.6^a,^c	16.5±3.8^b
Tb.Th (mm)	0.038±0.003^c	0.041±0.004^c	0.047±0.006^a,^b
TbN (1/mm)	6.2±0.4^b,^c	7.8±0.04^a,^c	4.0±0.5^a,^b
Tb.Sp (mm)	0.17±0.03^c	0.10±0.01^c	0.42±0.11^a,^b
TMD (mg/cm³)	770.4±8.9^b,^c	735.1±19.2^a,^c	821.7±9.2^a,^b
Mechanical properties
F_U (N)	19.2±3.1^b,^c	28.5±2.5^a	29.7±6.5^a
Stiffness (N/mm)	464±166^c	443±158^c	1192±301^a,^b
Δ_T (mm)	0.13±0.05^b	0.19±0.05^a,^c	0.07±0.06^b
Percolation measures
Correlation length	5.43±1.36^b	9.06±2.29^a,^c	4.27±0.47^b
Chemical length	2.47±0.44^b	3.98±1.09^a,^c	2.17±0.44^b
Backbone mass	35.65±8.27^b	58.25±12.47^a,^c	27.35±3.88^b
Ct:Tb Nodes	0.82±0.17^c	0.54±0.15^c	1.28±0.67^a,^b
% of links to hub	26.2±5.6^b	21.6±2.5^a,^c	29.8±6.5^b
Tb:Ct Struts	16.83±4.13^b	28.13±6.23^a,^c	12.43±1.70^b

^a

Significantly different from A, B6, or C3H, respectively (p<0.05). Data shown as mean+standard deviation.

^b

Significantly different from A, B6, or C3H, respectively (p<0.05). Data shown as mean+standard deviation.

^c

Significantly different from A, B6, or C3H, respectively (p<0.05). Data shown as mean+standard deviation.