Table 4.

Comparison of elastic constants derived from in vivo MR images in healthy young subjects and postmenopausal osteoporotic patients

	μFE		(BV/TV)1.5, H
	Y	PM	Y	PM
E11	0.42±0.055	0.48±0.086	0.44±0.034	0.46±0.071
E22	0.66±0.057**	0.52±0.074	0.67±0.058**	0.53±0.085
E33	0.83±0.068	0.81±0.091	0.84±0.073	0.79±0.076
G12	0.24±0.21*	0.21±0.019	0.23±0.014*	0.20±0.018
G13	0.25±0.036	0.25±0.033	0.26±0.020	0.25±0.031
G23	0.33±0.20****	0.26±0.029	0.31±0.022***	0.27±0.022

^*p<0.05,

^**p<0.01,

^***p<0.005,

^****p<0.0005