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. 2019 Apr 8;18(4):1247–1261. doi: 10.1007/s10237-019-01142-4

Table 4.

Importance of each factor based on screening experiment evaluated for four different outcome criteria: maximum force, fracture energy, crack length and crack score

ANOVA (%TSS) Maximum force Fracture energy Crack length Crack score
X screen Factors Long Radial Trans Long Radial Trans Long Radial Trans Long Radial Trans
1 E mat 48.0* 30.2* 8.5* 0.7 0.1 2.8 3.2 0.6 0.1 7.5* 0.1 0.5
2 E ost 2.6* 8.9* 12.9* 3.6 3.5 0.6 4.7 13.4* 7.8 2.7 17.5* 4.2
3 E cl 0.1 1.3 15.8* 7.9 3.7 1.2 15.6 22.0* 14.5* 24.4* 17.5* 8.7
4 v mat 0.7 1.4 2.3 0.9 0.1 0.5 0.9 0.3 0.3 2.7 1.5 0.1
5 v ost 0.0 0.7 0.3 0.0 0.8 0.3 1.1 0.0 0.2 0.3 1.5 0.1
6 v cl 0.4 0.2 1.6 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.2 1.0 0.3 3.0 0.1
7 εmax,mat0 39.0* 44.8* 7.0 0.9 0.7 3.4 2.2 0.0 0.0 0.3 1.5 0.1
8 εmax,ost0 0.9 2.5* 1.9 2.7 0.0 0.4 2.6 0.7 1.6 2.7 3.0 0.5
9 εmax,cl0 0.0 0.3 5.1 14.9 3.9 0.1 25.1 16.8* 41.9* 24.4* 26.8* 37.4
10 εn,cl0 0.0 0.3 6.4 0.0 0.0 1.4 0.0 0.0 15.7* 0.3 0.5 11.5
11 εs,cl0 0.1 0.5 1.5 4.5 3.5 0.8 10.9 12.6* 5.7 14.8* 13.7* 4.2
12 G mat 4.3* 0.0 2.1 37.5* 46.7* 0.7 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.1
13 G ost 0.0 0.2 2.7 0.5 19.6* 9.6* 0.0 2.7 0.3 0.3 4.9 4.2
14 G cl 0.1 0.5 0.0 4.5 3.1 35.2* 0.8 1.1 0.0 2.7 0.1 0.5
Total sum (%) 96.2 91.8 68.1 78.7 85.8 57.3 67.3 70.7 89.3 83.7 91.7 72.2

The results are given for models with longitudinal, radial and transversal osteons. Significant results in the ANOVA analysis (p < 0.05) are indicated with *, and contributions higher than 5% are shown in bold font