Table 1.
Micro-CT analysis results of the BV/TV, Tb.Th, Tb.N and Tb.Sp of the VOI for the different treatment groups: PHA, FPHA and blank (median, interquartile ranges)
| Analyzed structures | Treatment groups | ||
|---|---|---|---|
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| PHA | FPHA | Blank | |
| BV/TV (%) | 36.72, 9.39 | 41.97, 8.63* | 65.06, 13.38*,# |
| Tb.N | 3.20, 1.29 | 3.53, 0.49 | 2.67, 1.93# |
| Tb.Th | 0.46, 0.18 | 0.40, 0.37 | 0.47, 0.12 |
| Tb.Sp | 0.33, 0.14 | 0.27, 0.14 | 0.67,0.51*,# |
PHA: porcine hydroxyapatite, FPHA: fluorinated porcine hydroxyapatite, VOI: volume of interest, BV/TV: bone volume fraction, Tb.N: bone trabecular number, Tb.Th: bone trabecular thickness, Tb.Sp: bone trabecular separation degree.
*
Compared with the PHA group, P < 0.05 using the Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test with Bonferroni correction.
#
Compared with the FPHA group, P < 0.05 using the Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test with Bonferroni correction.