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. 2017 Feb 15;12(2):e0171873. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0171873

Table 2. Patient HR-pQCT morphometric data stratified according to fracture status and gender.

No fracture Fracture
Tibia Female Male Female Male
D100 (mg/cm3) (75) 248 ± 57.3 250 ± 60 180 ± 45.7 239 ± 83.7
Tb.Ar (mm2) (75) 554 ± 108 718 ± 112 597 ± 118 734 ± 224
Dtrab (mg HA/cm3) (75) 133 ± 40.9 146 ± 43.3 108 ± 40.6 151 ± 29.5
tTbN (1/mm) (75) 1.53 ± 0.371 1.82 ± 0.461 1.35 ± 0.428 1.85 ± 0.307
tTb.Sp (mm) (75) 0.62 ± 0.181 0.505 ± 0.142 0.688 ± 0.218 0.483 ± 0.082
Tb1/NSD (mm) (75) 0.331 ± 0.163 0.252 ± 0.114 0.427 ± 0.28 0.229 ± 0.057
tTb.Th (mm) (75) 0.072 ± 0.012 0.067 ± 0.016 0.069 ± 0.024 0.069 ± 0.012
Ct.Ar (mm2) (75) 94.8 ± 21.7 119 ± 32.6 58.6 ± 26 87.6 ± 47.6
Dcomp (mg HA/cm3) (75) 834 ± 71 804 ± 65.4 712 ± 103 726 ± 125
Ct.Th (mm) (75) 0.951 ± 0.259 1.04 ± 0.297 0.58 ± 0.269 0.794 ± 0.501
tBV/TV (%) (75) 11.1 ± 3.4 12.2 ± 3.6 9 ± 3.4 12.6 ± 2.5
Ct.Po (%) (75) 5.53 ± 3.26 8.46 ± 3.24 9.73 ± 4.04 10.6 ± 2.98
Radius        
D100 (mg/cm3) 279 ± 82.6 279 ± 93.4 217 ± 56.2 265 ± 72.6
Tb.Ar (mm2) 195 ± 47 282 ± 74.1 201 ± 42.3 272 ± 52.1
Dtrab (mg HA/cm3) 114 ± 45.8 148 ± 50.6 101 ± 50.3 152 ± 39.7
tTbN (/mm) 1.59 ± 0.357 1.87 ± 0.389 1.36 ± 0.523 1.71 ± 0.789
tTb.Sp (mm) (75) 0.599 ± 0.151 0.487 ± 0.146 0.692 ± 0.262 0.452 ± 0.099
Tb1/NSD (mm) (75) 0.283 ± 0.102 0.254 ± 0.164 0.438 ± 0.252 0.235 ± 0.125
tTb.Th (mm) 0.058 ± 0.012 0.065 ± 0.016 0.061 ± 0.014 0.063 ± 0.009
Ct.Ar (mm2) 46.8 ± 14.8 54.3 ± 20.1 30.3 ± 9.33 44.2 ± 17.9
Dcomp (mg HA/cm3) 845 ± 84.7 798 ± 96.5 748 ± 98.1 760 ± 104
Ct.Th (mm) 0.721 ± 0.25 0.686 ± 0.287 0.466 ± 0.168 0.554 ± 0.24
tBV/TV (%) 9.5 ± 3.8 12.3 ± 4.2 8.2 ± 4.2 12.7 ± 3.3
Ct.Po (%) (75) 2.02 ±1.21 3.61 ± 2.38 4.26 ± 2.75 4.72 ± 2.3
DXA        
F BMD total (g/cm2) (70) 0.803 ± 0.151 0.856 ± 0.165 0.664 ± 0.128 0.772 ± 0.109
F T total (69) -1.15 ± 1.23 -1.17 ± 1.13 -2.29 ± 1.05 -1.75 ± 0.734
F BMD neck (g/cm2) (71) 0.682 ± 0.148 0.697 ± 0.157 0.557 ±0.094 0.572 ± 0.095
F T neck (71) -1.5 ± 1.33 -1.76 ± 1.21 -2.63 ± 0.854 -2.65 ± 0.718
LS BMD (g/cm2) (69) 0.902 ± 0.148 0.993 ± 0.172 0.85 ± 0.164 0.968 ± 0.191
LS T (69) -1.37 ± 1.46 -0.897 ± 1.56 -1.79 ± 1.48 -1.12 ± 1.76
R BMD (g/cm2) (51) 0.47 ± 0.062 0.545 ± 0.094 0.365 ± 0.064 0.475 ± 0.086
R T (51) -2.02 ± 1.16 -2.73 ± 1.8 -3.94 ± 1.22 -4.1 ± 1.64

Ct.Ar: cortical area; Tb.Ar: trabecular area; Dtrab: trabecular density; TbN: trabecular number; tTb.Sp: trabecular separation; Tb1/NSD: standard deviation of 1/Tb.N; tTb.Th: trabecular thickness; D100: average bone density; Dcomp: apparent cortical bone density; Ct.Th: cortical thickness; tBV/TV: trabecular bone volume/tissue volume; Ct.Po: cortical porosity; BMD: bone mineral density; FN: femoral neck; LS: lumbar spine; R: radius; T: T-score. Numbers in parentheses indicate sample number if different from total N.