Research Article

Bone Organic-Inorganic Phase Ratio Is a Fundamental Determinant of Bone Material Quality

Table 2

Statistical characteristics of organic-inorganic phase ratio in groups of specimens having top material quality.

Material propertyTop 10%Top 20%Top 30%
Mean (SD)RangeMean (SD)RangeMean (SD)Range

Density0.61 (0.03)(0.54, 0.68)0.62 (0.04)(0.54, 0.77)0.64 (0.06)(0.54, 0.83)
Young’s modulus0.61 (0.01)(0.54, 0.68)0.62 (0.04)(0.54, 0.72)0.65 (0.07)(0.54, 0.88)
Yield stress0.62 (0.02)(0.54, 0.71)0.63 (0.05)(0.54, 0.78)0.65 (0.07)(0.54, 0.88)
Peak stress0.62 (0.04)(0.54, 0.71)0.62 (0.04)(0.54, 0.72)0.64 (0.06)(0.54, 0.83)
Energy-to-failure0.62 (0.05)(0.54, 0.72)0.63 (0.07)(0.54, 0.79)0.65 (0.12)(0.54, 0.89)