Table 2.

Comparison of microarchitectural parameters (mean ± SE) of each species by layer

	Deer						Human						Sheep
				P						P						P
Parameter	Upper	Middle	Lower	1	2	3	Upper	Middle	Lower	1	2	3	Upper	Middle	Lower	1	2	3
VTb.N	0.856 ± 0.043	0.516 ± 0.057	0.882 ± 0.072	NS	0.001	0.001	0.560 ± 0.062	0.588 ± 0.052	0.690 ± 0.059	NS	NS	NS	1.431 ± 0.062	0.618 ± 0.057	1.196 ± 0.072	0.05	0.001	0.001
VTb.Ld	0.888 ± 0.023	1.334 ± 0.048	1.061 ± 0.024	NS	0.001	0.001	0.383 ± 0.029	0.393 ± 0.061	0.355 ± 0.035	NS	NS	0.05	0.642 ± 0.018	1.125 ± 0.046	0.673 ± 0.021	NS	0.001	0.001
VTb.Td	0.318 ± 0.008	0.424 ± 0.016	0.318 ± 0.018	NS	0.001	0.001	0.222 ± 0.011	0.255 ± 0.020	0.233 ± 0.012	NS	0.01	NS	0.274 ± 0.006	0.370 ± 0.015	0.264 ± 0.007	NS	0.001	0.001
HTb.N	0.382 ± 0.034	0.203 ± 0.052	0.330 ± 0.065	NS	0.001	0.05	0.512 ± 0.053	0.474 ± 0.048	0.618 ± 0.053	NS	NS	NS	0.549 ± 0.059	0.317 ± 0.052	0.621 ± 0.065	NS	0.01	0.001
HTb.Ld	0.496 ± 0.017	0.648 ± 0.029	0.540 ± 0.018	0.001	0.001	0.001	0.377 ± 0.017	0.381 ± 0.048	0.361 ± 0.015	NS	NS	NS	0.471 ± 0.014	0.617 ± 0.023	0.506 ± 0.013	NS	0.001	0.001
HTb.Td	0.346 ± 0.025	0.322 ± 0.020	0.324 ± 0.013	0.001	NS	0.001	0.214 ± 0.025	0.221 ± 0.015	0.226 ± 0.011	NS	NS	NS	0.258 ± 0.021	0.326 ± 0.023	0.272 ± 0.010	NS	0.001	0.01
Mc.N	0.696 ± 0.040	0.408 ± 0.071	0.670 ± 0.076	NS	0.001	0.001	0.887 ± 0.065	0.817 ± 0.049	0.937 ± 0.053	NS	NS	NS	1.284 ± 0.059	0.621 ± 0.071	1.137 ± 0.076	NS	0.001	0.001
Mc.Ld	1.195 ± 0.031	1.772 ± 0.065	1.325 ± 0.036	NS	0.001	0.001	0.323 ± 0.026	0.339 ± 0.046	0.291 ± 0.029	0.05	NS	0.001	0.696 ± 0.023	1.219 ± 0.052	0.816 ± 0.028	0.01	0.001	0.001
Mc.Td	0.563 ± 0.021	0.644 ± 0.021	0.530 ± 0.013	NS	NS	0.01	0.282 ± 0.018	0.327 ± 0.015	0.267 ± 0.011	NS	0.001	0.001	0.441 ± 0.016	0.591 ± 0.017	0.462 ± 0.010	NS	0.001	0.001
ThN.N	0.418 ± 0.052	0.225 ± 0.030	0.333 ± 0.044	NS	0.05	NS	0.334 ± 0.023	0.290 ± 0.023	0.375 ± 0.034	NS	NS	0.01	0.425 ± 0.034	0.193 ± 0.030	0.405 ± 0.044	NS	0.001	0.001
ThN.A	0.056 ± 0.003	0.122 ± 0.008	0.080 ± 0.003	0.01	0.001	0.001	0.052 ± 0.003	0.062 ± 0.008	0.050 ± 0.004	NS	NS	NS	0.039 ± 0.003	0.065 ± 0.008	0.040 ± 0.003	NS	0.001	0.001
MuN.N	0.111 ± 0.020	0.085 ± 0.046	0.134 ± 0.048	NS	NS	0.05	0.375 ± 0.056	0.269 ± 0.036	0.349 ± 0.038	NS	NS	NS	0.428 ± 0.039	0.199 ± 0.046	0.320 ± 0.048	NS	0.001	0.05
MuN.A	0.204 ± 0.016	0.148 ± 0.043	0.242 ± 0.016	NS	0.01	0.01	0.067 ± 0.011	0.076 ± 0.025	0.069 ± 0.011	NS	NS	NS	0.085 ± 0.011	0.156 ± 0.027	0.106 ± 0.011	0.05	0.001	0.05

Definitions of parameter abbreviations are found in Figure 2.

Differences between the P values for a parameter within a species can be interpreted as indicative of vertical inhomogeneity within L3.

KEY: 1, ‘Upper vs middle’ 2, ‘Middle vs lower’ 3, ‘Upper vs lower’.

^N.S P > 0.05 (no significance); ^a P < 0.05 (general significance); ^b P < 0.01 (middling significance); ^c P < 0.001 (remarkable significance)