Table 1.

Ulna cortical bone microarchitecture

Parameter	Female		Male
	Control	Ablation	Control	Ablation
n	5	5	8	5
Bone area (mm2)	0.281 ± 0.012	0.263 ± 0.018	0.294 ± 0.005	0.295 ± 0.006
Cortical thickness (mm)	0.172 ± 0.001	0.169 ± 0.004	0.169 ± 0.004	0.175 ± 0.002
BV/TV (%)	0.867 ± 0.002	0.864 ± 0.003	0.863 ± 0.002	0.863 ± 0.001
BMD (mg/cm3 of HA)	1293 ± 5.3	1289 ± 5.2	1282 ± 3.3	1288 ± 7.0
J (mm4)	0.024 ± 0.003	0.020 ± 0.003	0.027 ± 0.001	0.027 ± 0.001
Imax (mm4)	0.019 ± 0.003	0.016 ± 0.003	0.022 ± 0.001	0.023 ± 0.001
Imin (mm4)	0.0043 ± 0.0004	0.0040 ± 0.0005	0.0048 ± 0.0004	0.0040 ± 0.0002

Data are presented as the mean ± standard error

BMD bone mineral density, BV/TV ratio of bone volume to total volume, HA hydroxyapatite, J inertia, I_max maximum second moment of inertia, I_min minimum second moment of inertia