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Table 3 Summarized results of DXA measurements – BMC

From: Temperature influence on DXA measurements: bone mineral density acquisition in frozen and thawed human femora

Bone Mineral Content [g]

 

Frozen specimens

Thawed specimens

  

ROI

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Difference [%]

p

Ward area

1.56

0.47

1.63

0.47

+ 4.2

0.074

Neck

1.65

0.57

1.49

0.49

- 9.8

0.050

Superior Neck

1.02

0.39

0.98

0.32

- 4.0

0.159

Inferior Neck

2.68

0.89

2.51

0.75

- 6.3

0.074

Trochanter

10.40

2.26

10.48

2.34

+ 0.8

0.380

Shaft

14.62

2.97

14.40

2.87

- 1.5 *

0.047

Total

27.70

5.57

27.36

5.48

- 1.2 *

0.010

All values

8.52

9.59

8.41

9.49

-1.3 *

0.025

  1. * Wilcoxon test, significance level p = 0.05).
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