Applied Bionics and Biomechanics

Research Article

In Vivo Assessment of Elasticity of Child Rib Cortical Bone Using Quantitative Computed Tomography

Table 1

Data of the child subjects.


Group	N	Subject	Age (year)	Sex	Stature (cm)	Mass (kg)	Description of the disease	Mean HU	BMD_clin (mg K₂HPO₄/cm³)	BMD_clin (mg HA/cm³)	BMD_HR (mg HA/cm³)	E (GPa)

1	1	DE01	0.9	M	68	7.0	Dyspnea	295.07	63.31	124.14	384.69	3.33
	2	DE02	0.7	M	70	8.6	Cough	675.08	305.53	385.74	651.52	7.14
	3	DE03	0.8	M	80	7.0	Tuberculosis	603.87	383.63	470.09	737.56	8.37
	4	DE04	1.2	F	73	8.0	Pulmonary abscess	883.78	449.22	540.93	809.82	9.41

2	5	DE05	1.8	F	79	10.0	Cystic fibrosis	899.20	420.49	509.90	778.16	8.95
	6	DE06	1.9	F	75	12.0	Neuroblastoma	343.64	190.08	261.06	524.35	5.32
	7	DE07	1.3	F	72	8.0	Cystic fibrosis	697.15	322.18	403.72	669.87	7.40
	8	DE08	2.1	M	90	13.0	Cat scratch	745.84	411.43	500.12	768.19	8.81

3	9	DE09	3.3	F	97	17.5	Chronic bronchitis	476.03	319.95	401.32	667.41	7.37
	10	DE10	3.1	M	90	12.0	Severe asthma	635.31	270.58	347.99	613.02	6.59
	11	DE11	3.5	M	85	13.0	Syndrome	496.98	226.94	300.87	564.96	5.90
	12	DE12	2.4	F	90	13.0	Cystic fibrosis	733.51	398.27	485.90	753.69	8.60

4	13	DE13	6.8	M	122	22.0	Cystic fibrosis	503.93	355.19	439.37	706.23	7.92
	14	DE14	7.3	M	130	27.0	Asthma	705.69	481.37	575.65	845.23	9.91
	15	DE15	6.8	F	118	19.4	Cystic fibrosis	986.13	742.33	857.49	1132.71	14.03
	16	DE16	6.6	M	121	25.0	Pneumonia	520.35	373.05	458.66	725.91	8.21

5	17	DE17	8.7	F	133	27.0	Asthma	926.10	693.71	804.98	1079.14	13.26
	18	DE18	11.1	M	135	50.0	Pneumonia	770.09	557.40	657.76	928.99	11.11
	19	DE19	11.6	F	157	46.0	Pneumonia	616.48	484.89	579.46	849.11	9.97
	20	DE20	9.1	F	140	47.0	Tuberculosis	550.49	419.22	508.53	776.77	8.93

6	21	DE21	14.7	M	170	54.0	Mac lead	917.82	717.03	830.16	1104.84	13.63
	22	DE22	13.4	M	154	50.0	Pneumonia	740.04	543.07	642.29	913.21	10.89
	23	DE23	13.0	F	162	43.0	Lymphedema	898.40	781.26	899.53	1175.59	14.64
	24	DE24	14.4	F	160	53.0	Pneumonia	672.01	562.33	663.08	934.41	11.19

7	25	DE25	18.0	M	180	55.0	Pneumonia	914.38	704.15	816.26	1090.65	13.42
	26	DE26	16.2	F	162	51.0	Pneumonia	676.40	573.82	675.50	947.08	11.37
	27	DE27	17.7	M	180	82.0	Lymphedema	615.38	408.89	497.37	765.39	8.77
	28	DE28	19.1	F	181	73.0	Teratoma	792.04	620.10	725.48	998.06	12.10

		Mean	7.8		120	30.5		688.97	456.41	548.69	817.74	9.52
		SD	6.1		39	22.0		178.37	177.30	191.49	195.32	2.79