Research Article

Bone Mineral Densities and Mechanical Properties of Retrieved Femoral Bone Samples in relation to Bone Mineral Densities Measured in the Respective Patients

Table 2

Linear correlation between the BMD measured on each patient and BMD of the respective bone samples.

ā€‰DXA BMD femoral neckDXA BMD femoral headDXA BMDAshing BMD
ā€‰Patient measurementsPatient measurementsBone samplesBone samples

DXA BMD femoral neck10.78**0.67*0.49
DXA BMD femoral head0.78**10.85**0.79**
DXA BMD0.67*0.85**10.92**
Ashing BMD0.490.79**0.92**1

*Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).
**Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).