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Table 2 The value of t-student test (t) and the order of Wilcoxon paired samples (Z) testing the difference between the pastern bones of the left and right forelimbs in 22 horses

From: The analysis of densitometric and geometric parameters of bilateral proximal phalanges in horses with the use of peripheral quantitative computed tompgraphy

The value of tests

Bone parameter

15% slice

50% slice

85% slice

BMC mg/mm

Z = 3.977**

Z = 0.081

t = 0.348

 

p = 0.000

p = 0.935

p = 0.730

vBMD mg/cm³

Z = 3.782**

Z = 0.828

Z = 0.666

 

p = 0.000

p = 0,407

p = 0.505

TOT_A mm2

Z = 4.12**

t = − 0.527

t = − 0,735

 

p = 0.000

p = 0,603

p = 0.470

TRAB_A mm2

Z = 4.107**

t = − 0.55

t = − 0.723

 

p = 0.000

p = 0,588

p = 0.477

CRT_A mm2

t = − 2.165*

t = 1.246

Z = 0.016

 

p = 0.002

p = 0,226

p = 0,987

CRT_THK_C mm

t = 4.42**

Z = 1.315

t = 0.999

 

p = 0.000

p = 0,188

p = 0,328

PERI C mm

Z = 4.12**

t = − 0.416

Z = 0.146

 

p = 0.000

p = 0,681

p = 0,883

ENDO_C mm

t = − 12.468**

t = − 1.013

t = − 0.948

 

p = 0.000

p = 0,332

p = 0,354

RP_CM_W mm³

Z = 3.945**

Z = 0.535

t = 0.00

 

p = 0.000

p = 0,592

p = 1,000

  1. *significant statistical differences at P ≤ 0.05.
  2. ** highly significant statistical differences at P ≤0.01.