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. 2009 May 29;467(12):3199–3205. doi: 10.1007/s11999-009-0902-y

Table 1.

MAR values from studies on intact bone without any skeletal injury

Study Species Bone Bone type MAR (μm/day)
Frost [13] Human Various Trabecular 1.10
Piert et al. [29] Minipig Iliac crest Trabecular 1.84
Mosekilde et al. [23] Sinclair minipig Vertebra Trabecular 1.47
Funk et al. (current study) Yucatan minipig Rib Cortical 1.55

MAR = mineral apposition rate.