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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Bone. 2016 Mar 16;87:1–10. doi: 10.1016/j.bone.2016.03.007

Table 4.

Multivariate combinations of imaging measurements explaining the variance of material strength

Variable 1a Variable 2 Linear Modelb Adj-R2
vBMD
p = 0.001
Cbw
p < .001
0.424*vBMD+0.447*Cbw 52.2
vBMD
p = 0.003
Cbw_Skew
p = 0.002
0.402*vBMD-0.427*Cbw_Skew 49.4
vBMD
p = 0.032
Cpw_Skew
p < .001
0.275*vBMD+0.589*Cpw_Skew 59.2
Porosity
p < .001
Cbw
p = 0.002
−0.509*Porosity+0.39*Cbw 58.0
Porosity
p < .001
Cbw_Skew
p = 0.004
−0.504*Porosity-0.375*Cbw_Skew 56.6
Cpw
p < .001
Cbw
p = 0.002
−0.566*Cpw+0.372*Cbw 63.5
Cpw
p < .001
Cbw_Skew
p = 0.001
−0.567*Cpw-0.373*Cbw_Skew 63.6
a

vBMD = µCT volumetric bone mineral density, Cpw = median pore water, Cpw _Skew = Cpw skewness, Cbw = mean Cbw, Cbw _Skew = Cbw skewness.

b

Standardized coefficients from the general linear model. No interactions were significant.