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Published in final edited form as: NMR Biomed. 2014 Aug 4;27(10):1159–1166. doi: 10.1002/nbm.3169

Table 2.

Structural parameters of carpal bones acquired with micro-CT

	Scaphoid	Lunate	Capitate	Hamate	Trapezium	Trapezoid	Pisiform	Triquetrum
Po (%)	58.1 ±10.1^a,b	61.8 ±6.7^c	56.3 ± 7.4^d,e,f	57.4 ±12.0^g^,^h^,ⁱ	66.1 ±8.0^a,d,g	64.5 ± 5.9^e^,^h	68.6 ±11.3^b^,^c^,^f,i^,^j	61.7 ± 7.7^j
Tr.Th (μm)	220 ± 36^b	214 ±29^k,l	243 ± 35^d,e,f,k	229 ±32ⁱ^,^m	203 ± 28^d^,^m^,ⁿ	214 ±30^e,o	174 ± 35^{b,f,i,l,n,o,p}	219 ± 35^p
Tr.Se (μm)	325 ±110^b^,^q	362 ± 95	323 ± 85^f^,^r	353 ± 167	431 ±134^q,r	411 ±81	451 ± 229^b,f	388 ± 103
Tr.N (mm⁻¹)	2.32 ± 0.31^q,s	2.21 ±0.34	2.24 ±0.35	2.24 ±0.46	2.04 ± 0.37^q	2.03 ±0.24^s	2.13 ±0.49	2.12 ±0.29
D_k	1.55 ± 0.07^a,b	1.54 ± 0.05^l^,^t	1.58 ±0.05^d,f^,^u	1.56 ± 0.08^g,i	1.48 ±0.11^a,d,g^,^t	1.52 ±0.05^o^,^u	1.44 ±0.12^b,f,i,l,o,p	1.53 ± 0.07^p

^{a, b, d, e, f, g, i, k, l, n, o, p}

Statistically significant difference, p < 0.01.

^{c, h, j, m, q, r, s, t, u}

Statistically significant difference, p < 0.05.