Table 4.

Ratio of hypertrophic zone/entire physeal area in cn/cn and cn/+growth plates

		cn/cn	cn/+
i) All bones (all time periods combined)		0.17 (±0.063)	0.30 (±0.052)
ii) Single bones (all time periods combined)	H	0.18 (±0.079)	0.29 (±0.065)
	F	0.17 (±0.049)	0.32 (±0.052)
	T	0.15 (±0.044)	0.29 (±0.037)
iii) Age-based ratios (all bones combined at specific age ranges in weeks)	2.5 -3	0.14 (±0.051)	0.30 (±0.041)
	4-4.5	0.20 (±0.066)	0.31 (±0.051)
	6-6.5	0.16 (±0.057)	0.29 (±0.059)

H proximal humerus; F distal femur; T proximal tibia.