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Table 4.

Correlation (Adjusted r ²) and Independent Predictors of Multilinear Regression for Prediction of the Gold Standard Mechanical Measurements by the Microstructural Measurements of µMRI and µCT

µCT‐based mechanical properties	µMRI				µCT
µCT‐based mechanical properties	Independent predictors	Constant	Coefficient	Adjusted r ²	Independent predictors	Constant	Coefficient	Adjusted r ²
Whole‐bone stiffness	BV/TV	−626,731	2,774,470	0.60	BV/TV	−1,501,086	6,615,513	0.76
					Ct.Th		601,797
	Ct.Th		616,230		Conn.D		−87,140
					BS/BV		55,260
Trabecular stiffness	BV/TV	−204,399	1,480,246	0.52	BV/TV	−588,734	3,225,701	0.79
					Conn.D		−40,511
					BS/BV		22,579
E ₁₁	Conn.D	−78	141	0.38	BV/TV	−109	2,065	0.52
E ₂₂	SMI	494	−207	0.55	BV/TV	−96	3,085	0.68
	Conn.D		118
E ₃₃	Conn.D	−2088	659	0.56	BV/TV	−192	9,007	0.69
	DA		1,136
G ₂₃	Conn.D	297	82	0.53	BV/TV	−56	1,981	0.65
	SMI		−125
G ₃₁	Conn.D	−51	99	0.38	BV/TV	−73	1,444	0.52
G ₁₂	Conn.D	−26	62	0.45	BV/TV	−39	904	0.60

Note: The order of predictors is the order in which predictors enter the stepwise regression model. All the predictions are statistically significant with p < .001.