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. 2010 Jan 25;25(7):1496–1505. doi: 10.1002/jbmr.50

Table 1.

ITS Measurements (Mean ± SD) of HR-pQCT Trabecular Bone Images at the Distal Radius and the Distal Tibia of Control and IOP Groups

Distal radius Distal tibia


Control (n = 26) IOP (n = 31) p Control (n = 26) IOP (n = 31) p
pBV/TV 0.053 ± 0.026 0.031 ± 0.028 .0013 0.043 ± 0.019 0.033 ± 0.027 .0232
rBV/TV 0.171 ± 0.040 0.132 ± 0.039 .0002 0.147 ± 0.034 0.101 ± 0.037 .0001
aBV/TV 0.077 ± 0.025 0.054 ± 0.029 .0008 0.067 ± 0.015 0.055 ± 0.024 .0193
pBV/BV 0.22 ± 0.09 0.16 ± 0.09 .006 0.22 ± 0.08 0.23 ± 0.11 .94
rBV/BV 0.78 ± 0.09 0.84 ± 0.09 .006 0.78 ± 0.08 0.77 ± 0.11 .94
pTb.N (1/mm) 1.21 ± 0.25 0.97 ± 0.27 .0007 1.13 ± 0.15 0.96 ± 0.25 .0023
rTb.N (1/mm) 1.86 ± 0.22 1.67 ± 0.21 .0002 1.76 ± 0.19 1.48 ± 0.27 .0001
pTb.Th (mm) 0.192 ± 0.007 0.188 ± 0.011 .20 0.200 ± 0.008 0.202 ± 0.014 .82
rTb.Th (mm) 0.213 ± 0.007 0.213 ± 0.008 .76 0.215 ± 0.008 0.218 ± 0.008 .22
pTb.S (mm2) 0.138 ± 0.107 0.142 ± 0.152 .14 0.138 ± 0.130 0.153 ± 0.289 .02
rTb.ℓ (mm) 0.674 ± 0.048 0.734 ± 0.066 .0002 0.689 ± 0.038 0.736 ± 0.046 .0002
R-R Junc.D (1/mm3) 3.23 ± 0.90 2.39 ± 0.88 .0008 2.66 ± 0.93 1.67 ± 0.78 .0001
P-R Junc.D (1/mm3) 2.85 ± 1.10 1.64 ± 1.16 .0004 2.23 ± 0.74 1.40 ± 0.83 .0003
P-P Junc.D (1/mm3) 1.23 ± 0.54 0.67 ± 0.55 .0005 0.96 ± 0.36 0.63 ± 0.45 .0014

Note: p values were calculated by two-tailed Mann-Whitney U tests for comparison between groups. SD = standard deviation. Please refer to the Glossary for definitions of each ITS-based parameter.