Table 3. Pearson’s correlation coefficients between mechanical properties and specimen-specific parameters.
Overall | Geometric properties | |||||
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BMD | Age | Insertion angle | Tip to anterior cortex | Tip to posterior cortex | Tip to lateral cortex | |
Failure load | 0.338 | 0.158 | 0.165 | 0.187 | −0.328 | 0.102 |
Ultimate failure | 0.309 | 0.157 | 0.244 | 0.311 | −0.366 | 0.180 |
Displacement | 0.183 | 0.192 | 0.146 | −0.023 | −0.177 | −0.036 |
Stiffness | 0.413 | 0.159 | 0.001 | 0.316 | −0.256 | 0.024 |
Energy | 0.161 | 0.082 | 0.362 | 0.257 | −0.314 | 0.220 |
0.00–0.19, very weak; 0.20–0.39, weak; 0.40–0.59, moderate; 0.60–0.79, strong; 0.80–1.00, very strong.