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Table 2 Analysis of cortical 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 neck
Ct.BV/TV (%)	72.80 ± 2.96	62.9 ± 3.2	0.001
Ct.Ar (mm²)	2.50 ± 0.27	2.23 ± 0.12	0.043
Ct.Ar/Tt.Ar (%)	0.73 ± 0.02	0.62 ± 0.03	0.001
Ct.P (mm)	32.51 ± 5.94	31.75 ± 2.67	0.414
Ct.Th (mm)	0.15 ± 0.03	0.14 ± 0.008	0.108
Ct.Po (%)	3.07 ± 0.81	5.15 ± 1.77	0.001
vBMD	1.21 ± 0.07	1.23 ± 0.06	0.181
Femoral shaft
Ct.BV/TV (%)	43.07 ± 1.55	40.09 ± 2.17	0.005
Ct.Ar (mm²)	5.49 ± 0.51	4.82 ± 0.21	0.005
Ct.Ar/Tt.Ar (%)	0.43 ± 0.01	0.40 ± 0.02	0.005
Ct.P (mm)	45.87 ± 8.13	38.71 ± 2.69	0.181
Ct.Th (mm)	0.24 ± 0.045	0.25 ± 0.025	0.950
Ct.Po (%)	3.04 ± 0.99	2.14 ± 0.54	0.05
vBMD	1.44 ± 0.137	1.39 ± 0.09	0.414

Data are mean ± standard deviation. Ct.Ar cortical area, Ct.Ar/Tt.Ar cortical area fraction, Ct.BV/TV cortical bone volume percentage, Ct.P cortical perimeter, Ct.Po cortical porosity, Ct.Th cortical thickness, vBMD volumetric bone mineral density, ZDF Zucker diabetic fatty, ZL Zucker lean

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