TABLE V.

Linear correlation coefficient (R) between QUS parameters on frontal plane and structural and mechanical parameters. All structural of mechanical parameters have significant correlations with QUS parameters, except for DA.

	ATTM-L (dB/mm)	ATTT-R (dB/mm)	UVM-L (mm/s)	UVT-R (mm/s)
SMI	−0.73***	−0.81***	−0.67***	−0.75***
BV/TV	0.75***	0.83***	0.73***	0.79***
BS/BV (1/mm)	−0.69***	−0.81***	0.56**	−0.64***
Tb.N (1/mm)	0.56**	0.58**	0.59**	0.62**
Tb.Th (mm)	0.67***	0.80***	0.52**	0.62**
Tb.Sp (mm)	−0.74***	−0.79***	−0.66***	−0.73***
DA	0.19	0.35	0.28	0.24
Modulus (MPa)	0.61**	0.73***	0.50*	0.59**

^*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.