Improving the prediction of the trabecular bone microarchitectural parameters using dental cone-beam computed tomography

Table 2 Correlation between the estimates for four trabecular bone microarchitectural parameters obtained through micro-CT and those obtained through CBCT

Comparison		Trabecular bone microarchitecture
Comparison		BV/TV	TbTh	TbN	TbSp
Group 0 vs Group 1	r	−0.15	−0.14	0.29	0.78
Group 0 vs Group 1	P^a	0.412	0.455	0.117	< 0.001*
Group 0 vs Group 2	r	0.16	−0.33	0.66	0.89
Group 0 vs Group 2	P^a	0.386	0.069	< 0.001*	< 0.001*
Group 0 vs Group 3	r	0.49	−0.36	0.75	0.93
Group 0 vs Group 3	P^a	0.006*	0.047*	< 0.001*	< 0.001*
Group 0 vs Group 4	r	0.87	0.29	0.80	0.88
Group 0 vs Group 4	P^a	< 0.001*	0.116	< 0.001*	< 0.001*

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