Comparison of Vascular Morphometry in Jawbones and Long Bones: Micro-CT Study in a Rat Model Treated with Zoledronic Acid

Table 2

Micro-CT comparison of morphological structure of blood vessels in femoral defect in the ZA-treated group and control group.

Parameter	ZA group	Control group	ZA group	Control group	ZA group	Control group	Weeks		Treatment		Weeks vs. treatment
	2 weeks		4 weeks		8 weeks
VVF (%)							4.131	0.046	0.039	0.847	2.446	0.132
VN (mm^-1)							0.457	0.645	0.389	0.546	0.447	0.651
VT (mm)							1.976	0.185	0.361	0.560	0.209	0.814
V.Sp (mm)							4.725	0.033	0.290	0.601	0.097	0.909
FD							11.135	0.002	2.201	0.166	0.920	0.427
Eu.N							4.194	0.044	1.894	0.194	0.739	0.500

Differences are considered significant at .