Table 2.

Trabecular architecture of the humerus and femur is sculpted during fetal development, i.e. trabecular thickness (Tb.Th) increases whilst number (Tb.N) decreases and volume fraction (BV/TV) remains constant. Age categories compared vs. 4 months using one-way anova with Tukey’s post-hoc. Grey text indicates non-significant difference in architecture.

		One way-anova		Tukey’s post-hoc 4 months vs. n months P =
Bone	Variable	F	P	4 months	5 months	6 months	7 months	8 months	9 months
Humerus	Tb.Th	9.7900	< 0.001	Increase	0.0409	0.1147	0.0007	0.0004	0.0001
	Tb. N	10.7900	< 0.001	Decrease	0.0092	0.0081	0.0003	0.0002	0.0001
	BV/TV	0.9972	0.4352	Comparable	0.9998	0.9998	0.4559	0.9963	0.7730
Femur	Tb.Th	12.0300	< 0.001	Increase	0.0096	0.0033	0.0002	0.0002	0.0001
	Tb.N	13.4200	< 0.001	Decrease	0.0013	0.0002	0.0001	0.0001	0.0001
	BV/TV	3.1570	0.0199	Comparable	0.6703	0.9853	0.7780	0.0564	0.1689