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Table 1 Measured parameters of vascular canals of primary osteons, Haversian canals and secondary osteons in the femoral diaphysis of 9 female and 8 male juvenile rabbits.

From: Sex-related variation in compact bone microstructure of the femoral diaphysis in juvenile rabbits

Structure

Parameters

Sex

Mean

SD

P-value

Vascular canals of primary osteons

area (μm2)

females

173.16

64.63

0.016*

  

males

194.81

54.44

 
 

perimeter (μm)

females

41.27

7.87

0.004*

  

males

44.47

7.11

 
 

max. diameter (μm)

females

20.10

4.64

0.005*

  

males

21.98

4.54

 
 

min. diameter (μm)

females

6.74

1.44

0.132

  

males

7.05

1.37

 

Haversian canals

area (μm2)

females

282.93

86.83

0.063

  

males

243.09

66.27

 
 

perimeter (μm)

females

54.51

9.83

0.256

  

males

51.66

9.20

 
 

max. diameter (μm)

females

27.00

5.94

0.612

  

males

26.22

5.73

 
 

min. diameter (μm)

females

8.25

1.63

0.016*

  

males

7.31

0.89

 

Secondary osteons

area (μm2)

females

9470.55

2173.71

0.0002*

  

males

7224.77

2472.21

 
 

perimeter (μm)

females

481.15

65.51

0.0001*

  

males

411.13

72.25

 
 

max. diameter (μm)

females

231.38

44.82

0.0091*

  

males

199.83

49.64

 
 

min. diameter (μm)

females

52.69

9.79

0.0011*

  

males

44.76

6.60

 
  1. SD: standard deviation, * : P < 0.05