Table 3.
Mineral apposition rate (μm/day) | ||||||
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Region | Mean | Stdev | Median | Minimum | Maximum | P Value |
Cortical bone | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 1.3 | |
Periosteal | 1.2 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 1.7 | |
Defect (drill hole) | 1.5 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.6 | |
Biofilm | 1.4 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 1.7 | |
Linea aspera | 1.5 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 2.0 | |
HO | 1.6 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 2.1 | |
Cortical vs defect | 0.0186 | |||||
Cortical vs linea aspera | 0.0343 | |||||
Cortical vs HO | 0.0088 |
Note. Only comparisons considered to be statistically significant (bold) are shown (P < 0.05).