Table 1.

Data of quantitative 2D analysis of compact bone tissue in mice from both groups

	Group	N	Area (μm2)	Perimeter (μm)	Max. diameter (μm)	Min. diameter (μm)
Primary osteons’ vascular canals	C	165	20.4533 ± 3.41	16.06 ± 1.355	2.6564 ± 0.296	2.402 ± 0.226
	E	149	30.1013 ± 6.14	19.496 ± 2.033	3.2987 ± 0.404	2.876 ± 0.362
	t-test		p < 0.05	p < 0.05	p < 0.05	p < 0.05
Haversian canals	C	26	22.06 ± 3.42	16.73 ± 1.32	2.81 ± 0.28	2.46 ± 0.27
	E	30	22.20 ± 4.86	16.65 ± 1.85	2.72 ± 0.36	2.54 ± 0.30
	t-test		NS	NS	NS	NS
Secondary osteons	C	26	243.63 ± 37.63	55.48 ± 4.47	9.38 ± 0.89	8.23 ± 0.64
	E	30	245.41 ± 48.99	55.71 ± 5.64	9.54 ± 1.09	8.14 ± 0.83
	t-test		NS	NS	NS	NS

N number of measured structures, NS non-significant differences