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. 2017 Feb 10;18(2):364. doi: 10.3390/ijms18020364

Table 1.

Quantitative analysis of 3D data after the in vitro tests. The whole trabecular portion of the samples was considered.

Morphometric Parameters CTR-Week 1 CTR-Week 3 DIFF-Week 1 DIFF-Week 3 Significance
mBV/BV (%) 60.9 ± 5.5 78.9 ± 1.5 60.7 ± 4.9 78.8 ± 0.7 CTR-week 3 vs. CTR-week 1
(p < 0.001)
DIFF-week 3 vs. DIFF-week 1
(p < 0.001)
BTh (μm) 64.7 ± 10.9 96.7 ± 0.5 68.7 ± 5.1 102.9 ± 5.6 CTR-week 3 vs. CTR-week 1
(p < 0.001)
DIFF-week 3 vs. DIFF-week 1
(p < 0.001)
mBTh (μm) 174.6 ± 13.0 178.2 ± 34.5 172.7 ± 13.1 208.7 ± 34.1 -

mBV/BV = volume ratio of the mineralized bone structure (mBV) volume to the overall bone volume (BV); BTh = mean trabecular bone thickness; mBTh = mean trabecular mineralized bone thickness.