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Table 2 Baseline bone biopsies findings in 12 patients with IJO

From: Idiopathic juvenile osteoporosis: a cross-sectional single-centre experience with bone histomorphometry and quantitative computed tomography

 

Parameter

Median

Minimum

Maximum

Normal range (10–11)

Volume

Trabecular separation (Tb.Sp) (μm)

432

367

610

299–587

Trabecular number (Tb.N) (#/mm)

1.83

1.42

2.14

1.3–2.7

Trabecular thickness (Tb.Th) (μm)

107

79

145

72–177

Bone volume (BV/TV) (%)

19.71

13.61

26.8

9.3–22.7

Mineralization

Mineral apposition rate (MAR) (μm/day)

0.8

0.5

0.99

0.9–2.4

Mineralization lag time (MLT) (days)

18.13

4.59

105.12

4.1–71.7

Osteoid maturation time (OMT) (days)

8.68

4.11

15.57

1.9–10.4

Osteoid thickness (O.Th) (μm)

6.92

2.73

9.61

3–13.9

Osteoid volume (OV/BV) (%)

1.21

0.26

4.65

0.2–5.86

Osteoid surface (OS/BS) (%)

8.69

3.15

30.39

1.4–23.96

Turnover

Bone formation rate (BFR/BS) (μm2/mm3/year)

12.81

1.95

78.91

10–73.4

Eroded surface (ES/BS) (%)

4.28

0

13.27

1.6–6.84