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. 2013 Dec 24;14:367. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-14-367

Table 3.

Summary of results for the Metacarpal Head (MH) 2 & 3 regions of interest (n = 10)

Variables Mean (SD)
ICC (0.000-1.000)
Mean coefficient of variation (CV%)
Root mean square CV (RMSCV%)
Least significant change% (LSC%95)
MH3 MH2 MH3 MH2 MH3 MH2 MH3 MH2 MH3 MH2
Density (Apparent)
Full bone (mgHA/cm3)
vBMDfull
D & S
438 (89)
434 (82)
0.997
0.998
0.83
0.57
1.0
0.78
2.8
2.2
Cortical (mgHA/cm3)
vBMDcort
D
743 (106)
751 (101)
0.975
0.975
1.5
1.3
2.1
1.6
6.0
4.5
Trabecular (mgHA/cm3)
vBMDtrab
D & S
387 (79)
378 (73)
0.996
0.997
0.8
0.7
1.2
1.0
3.2
2.9
Cortical bone
Thickness (mm)
CtTh
D
0.39 (0.07)
0.39 (0.06)
0.933
0.973
4.8
1.6
6.17
2.7
17.1
7.4
Porosity (%)
CtPo
D
1.2 (0.7)
1.2 (0.4)
0.153
0.727
23.2
17.0
33.2
22.2
92.1
61.4
Trabecular bone Volume fraction (%)
BV/TVtrab
D
46 (5)
46 (6)
0.984
0.984
1.2
1.3
1.5
1.6
4.3
4.5
BV/TVtrabs
S
26 (13)
26 (13)
Number (1/mm)
TbN
D & S
2.6 (0.24)
2.5 (0.23)
0.904
0.884
2.1
2.2
2.5
2.8
6.9
7.7
Thickness (mm)
TbTh
D
0.23 (0.02)
0.24 (0.02)
0.978
0.978
0.74
1.1
3.9
3.5
10.8
9.8
TbThs
S
0.11 (0.03)
0.11 (0.03)
Separation (mm) TbSp
D
0.34 (0.05)
0.34 (0.06)
0.928 0.944 3.0 3.0 1.1 1.3 3.0 3.5
TbSps S 0.27 (0.05) 0.29 (0.05)

D = Direct Transformation Method; S (Grey fill) = Derived Standard Clinical Equivalent.