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Table 1 Analysis of trabecular bone

From: Microcomputed tomography of the femur of diabetic rats: alterations of trabecular and cortical bone microarchitecture and vasculature—a feasibility study

	ZL rats	ZDF rats	p
Femoral head
Tb.BV/TV (%)	81.01 ± 1.7	69.35 ± 4.73	0.003
SMI	- 9.74 ± 2.4	- 5.49 ± 1.6	0.02
Tb.N (1/mm)	8.38 ± 0.86	7.87 ± 1.078	0.04
Tb.Sp (mm)	0.056 ± 0.006	0.07 ± 0.014	0.02
Tb.Th (mm)	0.10 ± 0.017	0.08 ± 0.013	0.005
Conn.D (1/mm³)	1270 ± 197	2237 ± 646	0.07
Femoral neck
Tb.BV/TV (%)	46.9 ± 4.61	35.37 ± 6.67	0.02
SMI	0.89 ± 0.48	1.26 ± 0.22	0.04
Tb.N (1/mm)	6.07 ± 0.62	4.90 ± 0.92	0.02
Tb.Sp (mm)	0.10 ± 0.02	0.13 ± 0.03	0.02
Tb.Th (mm)	0.077 ± 0.008	0.07 ± 0.004	0.22
Conn.D (1/mm³)	1320 ± 458	1312 ± 675	0.34
vBMD	0.57 ± 11	0.49 ± 0.06	0.14
Distal metaphysis
Tb.BV/TV (%)	29.56 ± 4.61	19.38 ± 4.07	0.001
SMI	0.81 ± 0.21	1.18 ± 0.18	0.008
Tb.N (1/mm)	4.60 ± 0.62	3.25 ± 0.73	0.005
Tb.SP (mm)	0.15 ± 0.03	0.26 ± 0.05	0.003
Tb.Th (mm)	0.06 ± 0.004	0.05 ± 0.003	0.08
Conn.D (1/mm³)	1176 ± 348	747 ± 437	0.05
vBMD	0.39 ± 0.04	0.27 ± 0.05	0.003

Data are mean ± standard deviation. Conn.D index of connectivity, Tb.BV/TV trabecular bone volume percentage, Tb.N trabecular number, Tb.Sp trabecular separation, Tb.Th trabecular thickness, vBMD volumetric bone mineral density, ZDF Zucker diabetic fatty, ZL Zucker lean

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