Comparison of Vascular Morphometry in Jawbones and Long Bones: Micro-CT Study in a Rat Model Treated with Zoledronic Acid

Table 4

Micro-CT comparison of morphological structure of blood vessels in maxillary defect in the ZA-treated group and control group.

Parameter	ZA group	Control group	ZA group	Control group	ZA group	Control group	Weeks		Treatment		Weeks vs. treatment
	2 weeks		4 weeks		8 weeks
VVF (%)							2.831	0.095	6.134	0.028	1.538	0.251
VN (mm^-1)							0.580	0.574	0.594	0.455	0.571	0.578
VT (mm)							4.508	0.033	0.578	0.461	0.084	0.920
V.Sp (mm)							18.556	0.000	1.109	0.311	0.798	0.471
FD							7.363	0.007	1.350	0.266	1.684	0.224
Eu.N							6.775	0.010	10.726	0.006	4.774	0.028

Differences are considered significant at .