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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Sep 17.
Published in final edited form as: J Biomech. 2010 Jun 15;43(13):2460–2466. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2010.05.032

Table 1.

Structural parameters of the samples (n = 10)

Parametersa Mean S.D. Range
BV/TVb 0.243 0.044 0.190 – 0.320
BMD (g/cm3) 2.312 0.110 2.060 – 2.428
Tb.Th* (mm) 0.184 0.034 0.133 – 0.235
Tb.Sp* (mm) 0.606 0.080 0.467 – 0.700
SMI 0.568 0.391 −0.131 – 1.078
Conn.D. (1/mm3) 5.410 2.674 2.611 – 11.449
DA 1.828 0.195 1.603 – 2.265
a

BV/TV = bone volume fraction; BMD = bone mineral density; Tb.Th* = trabecular thickness; Tb.Sp* = trabecular spacing; SMI = structure model index; Conn.D. = connectivity density; and DA = degree of anisotropy.

b

Measured by Archimedes' Principle.