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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jun 30.
Published in final edited form as: Bone. 2019 Aug 8;128:115031. doi: 10.1016/j.bone.2019.08.004

Table II.

Mechanical properties of femurs tested in three-point bending. Asterisk(s) indicate significant difference compared to WT OC+/+ (*p<0.05, **p<0.01) and an exclamation point (!) indicates a trend (p=0.056).

Parameter OC+/+ OC−/−
Bending Stiffness (El) N-mm2 920 +/− 54 765+/− 45*
Size-adjusted bending stiffness (EI/Imin) N/mm2 8340 +/− 503 7014 +/− 401!
Maximum Bending Moment (Mmax) N-mm 37.0+/−1.0 32.6 +/− 0.9**
Size-Adjusted Maximum Bending Moment (Mmax/Imin) N/mm3 337 +/− 14 299 +/− 9.0*
Sample size (N) 11 10