Fig. 7: Tissue mechanical properties of mineralized matrix in STZ and euglycemic rat femoral cortices. | Communications Biology

Fig. 7: Tissue mechanical properties of mineralized matrix in STZ and euglycemic rat femoral cortices.

From: Hyperglycemia compromises Rat Cortical Bone by Increasing Osteocyte Lacunar Density and Decreasing Vascular Canal Volume

Fig. 7

a Hardness and b elastic modulus. Bone matrix was less stiff and showed a lower resistance to deformation in STZ compared with euglycemic group in 3-month samples. However, there was not a significant change in the matrix mechanical properties of 1-month samples (two-way ANOVA and post-hoc Newman–Keuls, mean ± SD, *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001, and ****p < 0.0001, n = 6 animals).

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