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. 2010 Jun 18;25(11):2324–2331. doi: 10.1002/jbmr.164

Table 1.

Trabecular Architecture Variation in the L₃ Vertebral Body (Mean ± SD)

			Anterior core				Posterior core

		Vertebral body	Total^†	Superior region^‡	Middle region^‡	Inferior region^‡	Total^†	Superior region^‡	Middle region^‡	Inferior region^‡
Trabecular microarchitecture	BV/TV (%)	13.5 (5.9)	11.4 (6.1)	10.8 (6.9)^‡	13.2 (7.2)^‡	10.3 (6.1)^‡	13.5 (6.7)	10.8 (5.7)^‡	16.7 (8.5)^‡	12.9 (7.6)^‡
	SMI (n)	2.61 (0.53)	2.75 (0.65)	2.90 (0.66)^‡	2.47 (0.75)^‡	2.91 (0.69)^‡	2.76 (0.50)	3.09 (0.41)^‡	2.21 (0.72)^‡	2.92 (0.55)^‡
	Tb.Sp* (µm)	1363 (332)	1368 (382)^†	1354 (440)	1285 (327)	1301 (306)	1209 (319)^†	1220 (364)^‡	1225 (353)^‡	1055 (260)^‡
	Tb.Th* (µm)	308 (43)	288 (64)	281(75)^a,^‡	289 (59)^a,^‡	266 (47)^a,^‡	293 (42)	272 (46)^‡	308 (47)^‡	270 (42)^‡
	Tb.N* (n/mm)	0.76 (0.16)	0.76 (0.17)^†	0.78 (0.19)	0.81 (0.18)	0.80 (0.16)	0.86 (0.20)^†	0.86 (0.20)^‡	0.88 (0.21)^‡	0.97 (0.23)^‡
	DA (n)	1.46 (0.11)	1.72 (0.17)^†	1.72 (0.19)	1.79 (0.21)	1.77 (0.21)	1.47 (0.14)^†	1.53 (0.20)	1.40 (0.16)	1.48 (0.17)

^†

Anteroposterior comparison: Paired t tests.

^‡

Vertical comparison: Friedman ANOVA tests. Bold: p ≤ .026

^a

026 < p < .05.