Research Article

Limited Trabecular Bone Density Heterogeneity in the Human Skeleton

Table 3

Pearson’s correlation shown as “” and associated values, “prox.” refers to proximal and “dist.” refers to distal.

Femur-prox. tibiaFemur-dist. tibia Femur-MT3Femur-humerus Femur-ulna Femur-dist. radius Femur-MC3

r = −0.313
p = 0.274
r = −0.077
p = 0.744
r = −0.148
p = 0.544
r = −0.036
p = 0.880
r = 0.212
p = 0.369
r = −0.188
p = 0.426
r = 0.066
p = 0.787

Prox. tibia-dist. tibiaProx. tibia-MT3 Prox. tibia-humerus Prox. tibia-ulnaProx. tibia-dist. radiusProx. tibia-MC3

r = 0.346
p = 0.225
r = −0.1363
p = 0.657
r = 0.186
p = 0.443
r = 0.255
p = 0.377
r = 0.487
p = 0.076
r = −0.052
p = 0.865

Dist. tibia-MT3Dist. tibia-humerusDist. tibia-ulnaDist. tibia-dist. radiusDist. tibia-MC3

r = 0.344
p = 0.148
p = 0.572
r = 0.133
p = 0.802
r = 0.059
p = 0.651
r = 0.107
p = 0.593
r = 0.130

MT3-humerusMT3-ulnaMT3-dist. radius MT3-MC3

r = 0.133
p = 0.572
r = 0.240
p = 0.321
r = −0.006
p = 0.980
p = 0.299
r = −0.258

Humerus-ulnaHumerus-dist. radiusHumerus-MC3

r = 0.652
p = 0.013
r = −0.153
p = 0.616
r = 0.287
p = 0.231

Ulna-dist. radiusUlna-MC3

r = 0.376
p = 0.101
r = −0.053
p = 0.829

Dist. radius-MC3

r = −0.0807
p = 0.742