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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Sep 24.
Published in final edited form as: Calcif Tissue Int. 2007 Jul 28;81(3):206–214. doi: 10.1007/s00223-007-9045-x

Table 1.

Structural properties of femora from three-point bend tests

+/+ oim/oim % difference in oim/oim compared with +/+
n 14 15
Load (N) 12.3 ± 1.53 6.13 ± 1.27* −50.3
Deflection (mm) 0.73 ± 0.21* 0.32 ± 0.068* −56.2
Stiffness (N/mm) 26.7 ± 5.14 17.8 ± 3.19* −33.2
Work (N*mm) 5.58 ± 2.72 1.21 ± 0.43* −78.3

Values are the mean ± SD

*

p < 0.05 versus +/+