. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Nov 1.

Published in final edited form as: Calcif Tissue Int. 2008 Oct 15;83(5):342–353. doi: 10.1007/s00223-008-9176-8

Table 1.

Mean values ± standard deviations for FTIRI spectral parameters and ash content from A/J, C3H, and B6 femora

	A/J	C3H	B6
Ash content (wet %)^a	68.5 ± 1.0^†,^‡	67.4 ± 1.1^*,^†	65.1 ± 1.1^*,^‡
Mineral-to-amide I	8.4 ± 0.7^†	8.0 ± 0.4	7.5 ± 0.4^*
Carbonate-to-amide I	0.076 ± 0.012^‡	0.062 ± 0.008^*	0.074 ± 0.008
Carbonate-to-mineral	0.009 ± 0.002^‡	0.008 ± 0.001^*,^†	0.010 ± 0.001^‡
XLR (collagen cross-link ratio)	3.2 ± 0.3^‡	3.6 ± 0.1^*,^†,^#	3.2 ± 0.3^‡
Crystallinity	1.198 ± 0.045	1.171 ± 0.038	1.188 ± 0.043
Acid phosphate	7.0 ± 1.1^‡	5.5 ± 0.4^*	6.6 ± 1.3

Ash content (wet %) values as published previously [2]

Significantly different from A/J, ANOVA P < 0.05

^†

Significantly different from B6, ANOVA P < 0.05

^‡

Significantly different from C3H, ANOVA P < 0.05

Significantly different from A/J and B6 in pixel distribution, ANOVA P < 0.05