Table 2.

Pearson correlation coefficients between AGEs and all other measured variables.

	R-value (Pooled)	R-value (Un-pooled)
		Vehicle	Ribose
MicroCT
Cortical Tissue Mineral Density (mgHA/cm3)	0.201 (NS)	0.091 (NS)	0.566 (NS)
Cortical Porosity (%)	0.149 (NS)	0.251 (NS)	−0.120 (NS)
Fracture Toughness
Stress Intensity Factor, K (MPa)	−0.596 (≤0.01)	0.053 (NS)	0.115 (NS)
Microindentation
Elastic Modulus, OLT Surface (MPa)	−0.636 (≤0.01)	0.064 (NS)	−0.597 (=0.09)
Elastic Modulus, IR Surface (MPa)	−0.739 (≤0.001)	−0.123 (NS)	−0.705 (≤0.05)
Cyclic Reference Point Indentation
Indentation Distance (μm)	0.380 (NS)	0.352 (NS)	0.290 (NS)
Creep Indentation Distance (μm)	0.302 (NS)	0.376 (NS)	0.348 (NS)
Total Indentation Distance (μm)	0.360 (NS)	0.309 (NS)	0.302 (NS)
Indentation Distance Increase (μm)	0.008 (NS)	0.089 (NS)	0.146 (NS)
Average Energy Dissipation (μJ)	0.248 (NS)	0.465 (NS)	−0.022 (NS)
Average Loading Slope (N/μm)	0.044 (NS)	0.261 (NS)	0.671 (=0.07)
Average Unloading Slope (N/μm)	0.127 (NS)	0.040 (NS)	0.094 (NS)

NS=not significant